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Characterization of Vibrio cholerae from 1986 to 2012 in Yunnan Province, southwest China bordering Myanmar.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Gu Wenpeng, Yin Jianwen, Yang Jianbin, Li Chaoqun, Chen Yujuan, Yin Jie, Xu Wen, Zhao Shiwen, Liang Junrong, Jing Huaiqi, Fu Xiaoqing
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio cholerae is an important infectious pathogen causing serious human diarrhea. We analyzed 568 V. cholerae strains isolated from 1986 to 2012 in Yunnan province, southwest China bordering Myanmar. Polymerase chain reactions for detecting virulence genes, antibiotic susceptibility tests and pulse-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) were performed. The results showed all the strains were El Tor biotype from 1986....
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