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Classical RS1 and environmental RS1 elements in Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains harbouring a tandem repeat of CTX prophage: revisiting Mozambique in 2005.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Mar 2010
Choi Seon Young, Lee Je Hee, Kim Eun Jin, Lee Hye Ri, Jeon Yoon-Seong, von Seidlein Lorenz, Deen Jaqueline, Ansaruzzaman M, Lucas G Marcelino E S, Barreto Avertino, Songane Francisco F, Mondlane Catarina, Nair G Balakrish, Czerkinsky Cecil, Clemens John D, Chun Jongsik, Kim Dong Wook
Abstract excerpt
Currently, Vibrio cholerae O1 serogroup biotype El Tor strains producing classical type cholera toxin (altered strains or El Tor variants) are prevalent in Asia and in Mozambique. Mozambican strains collected in 2004 contained a tandem repeat of CTX prophage on the small chromosome and each CTX p...
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