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Comparative analyses of CTX prophage region of Vibrio cholerae seventh pandemic wave 1 strains isolated in Asia.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Oct 2018
Pham Tho Duc, Nguyen Tuan Hai, Iwashita Hanako, Takemura Taichiro, Morita Kouichi, Yamashiro Tetsu
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio cholerae O1 causes cholera, and cholera toxin, the principal mediator of massive diarrhea, is encoded by ctxAB in the cholera toxin (CTX) prophage. In this study, the structures of the CTX prophage region of V. cholerae strains isolated during the seventh pandemic wave 1 in Asian countries were determined and compared. Eighteen strains were categorized into eight groups by CTX prophage region-specific...
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