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Molecular epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae O1 in northern Vietnam (2007-2009), using multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Sept 2016
Nguyen Dong Tu, Ngo Tuan Cuong, Le Thanh Huong, Nguyen Hoai Thu, Morita Masatomo, Arakawa Eiji, Ohnishi Makoto, Nguyen Binh Minh, Izumiya Hidemasa
Abstract excerpt
Cholera is an infectious disease of major concern in Vietnam and other Asian countries. In 2009, there was a large outbreak of cholera in northern Vietnam. To investigate relationships among isolates of the causative pathogen Vibrio cholerae in this region since 2007, we carried out a multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) of 170 isolates collected between 2007 and 2009. A total of 24 MLVA types...
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