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Molecular characterisation of Vibrio cholerae O1 strains carrying an SXT/R391-like element from cholera outbreaks in Kenya: 1994-2007.
BMC microbiology - 29 Dec 2009
Kiiru John N, Saidi Suleiman M, Goddeeris Bruno M, Wamae Njeri C, Butaye Patrick, Kariuki Samuel M
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BACKGROUND: Over the last decade, cholera outbreaks in parts of Kenya have become common. Although a number of recent studies describe the epidemiology of cholera in Kenya, there is paucity of information concerning the diversity and occurrence of mobile genetic elements in Vibrio cholerae strain...
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