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Multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains harbouring classical toxin B.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jul 2010
Choi Seon Young, Lee Je Hee, Jeon Yoon-Seong, Lee Hye Ri, Kim Eun Jin, Ansaruzzaman M, Bhuiyan Nurul A, Endtz Hubert P, Niyogi S K, Sarkar B L, Nair G Balakrish, Nguyen Binh Minh, Hien Nguyen Tran, Czerkinsky Cecil, Clemens John D, Chun Jongsik, Kim Dong Wook
Abstract excerpt
Atypical Vibrio cholerae O1 strains - hybrid strains (strains that cannot be classified either as El Tor or classical biotype) and altered strains (El Tor biotype strains that produce classical cholera toxin) - are currently prevalent in Asia and Africa. A total of 74 hybrid and altered strains that harboured classical cholera toxin were investigated by multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA)....
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