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Characterization of Vibrio cholerae isolated from the aquatic basins of the State of Pernambuco, Brazil.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Mar 2008
Leal Nilma Cintra, de Araújo Figueiroa Angela Cristina Torres, Cavalcanti Valdelúcia Oliveira, da Silva Soraya Cavalcante, Leal-Balbino Tereza Cristina, de Almeida Alzira Maria Paiva, Hofer Ernesto
Abstract excerpt
Through a continuous bacteriological monitoring programme carried out by the Health Secretariat of the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, two isolates of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor Ogawa were discovered in an endemic area in 2001, during a cholera inactive period, along with six V. cholerae non-O1/non-O139 strains and two Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria strains showing an unusual characteristic of agglutination with O1...
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