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Genetic characteristics of drug-resistant Vibrio cholerae O1 causing endemic cholera in Dhaka, 2006-2011.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Dec 2012
Rashed Shah M, Mannan Shahnewaj B, Johura Fatema-Tuz, Islam M Tarequl, Sadique Abdus, Watanabe Haruo, Sack R Bradley, Huq Anwar, Colwell Rita R, Cravioto Alejandro, Alam Munirul
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor (ET), causing the seventh cholera pandemic, was recently replaced in Bangladesh by an altered ET possessing ctxB of the Classical (CL) biotype, which caused the first six cholera pandemics. In the present study, V. cholerae O1 strains associated with endemic cholera in Dhaka between 2006 and 2011 were analysed for major phenotypic and genetic characteristics. Of 54 representative...
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