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Relatedness of Vibrio cholerae O1/O139 isolates from patients and their household contacts, determined by multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 2010
Kendall Emily A, Chowdhury Fahima, Begum Yasmin, Khan Ashraful I, Li Shan, Thierer James H, Bailey Jason, Kreisel Kristen, Tacket Carol O, LaRocque Regina C, Harris Jason B, Ryan Edward T, Qadri Firdausi, Calderwood Stephen B, Stine O Colin
Abstract excerpt
The genetic relatedness of Vibrio cholerae O1/O139 isolates obtained from 100 patients and 146 of their household contacts in Dhaka, Bangladesh, between 2002 and 2005 was assessed by multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis. Isolate genotypes were analyzed at five loci containing tandem repeats. Across the population, as well as within households, isolates with identical genotypes were clustered in time....
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