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Evaluation of a highly discriminating multiplex multi-locus variable-number of tandem-repeats (MLVA) analysis for Vibrio cholerae.
Journal of microbiological methods - 1 Sept 2009
Olsen Jaran S, Aarskaug Tone, Skogan Gunnar, Fykse Else Marie, Ellingsen Anette Bauer, Blatny Janet M
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio cholerae is the etiological agent of cholera and may be used in bioterror actions due to the easiness of its dissemination, and the public fear for acquiring the cholera disease. A simple and highly discriminating method for connecting clinical and environmental isolates of V. cholerae is needed in microbial forensics. Twelve different loci containing variable numbers of tandem-repeats (VNTRs) were...
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