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Genetic diversity and virulence potential of clinical and environmental Aeromonas spp. isolates from a diarrhea outbreak.
BMC microbiology - 18 Aug 2017
Silva Lívia Christina Alves da, Leal-Balbino Tereza Cristina, Melo Beatriz Souza Toscano de, Mendes-Marques Carina Lucena, Rezende Antonio Mauro, Almeida Alzira Maria Paiva de, Leal Nilma Cintra
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BACKGROUND: Aeromonas spp. are gram-negative bacteria that can cause a variety of infections in both humans and animals and play a controversial role in diarrhea outbreaks. Our aim was to identify clinical and environmental Aeromonas isolates associated with a cholera outbreak in a northeast county of Brazil at the species level. We also aimed to determine the genetic structure of the bacterial population and the...
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