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Distribution of Shigella enterotoxin genes and secreted autotransporter toxin gene among diverse species and serotypes of shigella isolated from Andaman Islands, India.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Nov 2006
Roy Subarna, Thanasekaran K, Dutta Roy Anita R, Sehgal Subhash C
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We studied the prevalence and distribution of the newly described genes for Shigella enterotoxins (ShET1 and ShET2, encoded by set and sen genes) and secreted auto-transporter toxin (encoded by sat gene) in clinical isolates from the Andaman Islands, India. A total of 153 Shigella isolates obtained from hospitalized patients during 1994-2004 were analysed. These isolates included all the four species of Shigella...
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