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Changing genotypes of cholera toxin (CT) of Vibrio cholerae O139 in Bangladesh and description of three new CT genotypes.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 1 Nov 2009
Bhuiyan Nurul A, Nusrin Suraia, Alam Munirul, Morita Masatomo, Watanabe Haruo, Ramamurthy Thandavarayan, Cravioto Alejandro, Nair Gopinath Balakrish
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We determined the genotype of cholera toxin by amplifying and sequencing the B-subunit in a sequential collection of 90 strains of Vibrio cholerae O139 isolated over the past 13 years since its first description in 1992. Representative strains isolated during 1993-1997 harboured ctxB of El Tor ty...
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