Article
The molecular epidemiology of cholera in Latin America.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Mar 1993
Wachsmuth I K, Evins G M, Fields P I, Olsvik O, Popovic T, Bopp C A, Wells J G, Carrillo C, Blake P A
Abstract excerpt
To explain the sudden appearance and rapid spread of cholera in Latin America in January 1991, molecular techniques were used to define Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates from around the world. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms of rRNA and ctxA genes, DNA sequence of cholera toxin B subunit gene...
Topics
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Cholera
- Cholera Toxin
- DNA Probes
- Genotype
- Humans
- Latin America
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
