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Genetic diversity of environmental Vibrio cholerae O1 strains isolated in Northern Vietnam.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2017
Takemura Taichiro, Murase Kazunori, Maruyama Fumito, Tran Thi Luong, Ota Atsushi, Nakagawa Ichiro, Nguyen Dong Tu, Ngo Tu Cuong, Nguyen Thi Hang, Tokizawa Asako, Morita Masatomo, Ohnishi Makoto, Nguyen Binh Minh, Yamashiro Tetsu
Abstract excerpt
Cholera epidemics have been recorded periodically in Vietnam during the seventh cholera pandemic. Since cholera is a water-borne disease, systematic monitoring of environmental waters for Vibrio cholerae presence is important for predicting and preventing cholera epidemics. We conducted monitoring, isolation, and genetic characterization of V. cholerae strains in Nam Dinh province of Northern Vietnam from Jul...
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