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Molecular characterization of Aeromonas spp. and Vibrio cholerae O1 isolated during a diarrhea outbreak.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - 1 Dec 2012
Mendes-Marques Carina Lucena, Nascimento Larissa Mélo do, Theophilo Grace Nazareth Diogo, Hofer Ernesto, Melo Neto Osvaldo Pompílio de, Leal Nilma Cintra
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This work aimed to assess pathogenic potential and clonal relatedness of Aeromonas sp. and Vibrio cholerae isolates recovered during a diarrhea outbreak in Brazil. Clinical and environmental isolates were investigated for the presence of known pathogenic genes and clonal relatedness was assessed by intergenic spacer region (ISR) 16S-23S amplification. Four Aeromonas genes (lip, exu, gcat, flaA/B) were found at...
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