Isolation of a new variant of Vibrio cholerae O1: V. cholerae O1 ribotype B27 toxinogenotype TB31 during the last cholera epidemic in Senegal.

doi:10.7883/yoken1952.50.227

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Isolation of a new variant of Vibrio cholerae O1: V. cholerae O1 ribotype B27 toxinogenotype TB31 during the last cholera epidemic in Senegal.

Japanese journal of medical science & biology - 1 Dec 1997

Aidara-Kane A, Boye C S, Koblavi S, Grimont F, Grimont P

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A total of 205 Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates from recent cholera epidemic in Senegal were analyzed by conventional methods, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for genes encoding cholera toxin (ctx A), zonula occludens toxin (zot) and accessory cholera enterotoxin (ace), ribotyping and toxinogenotyping...

Topics

Cholera
Cholera Toxin
Disease Outbreaks
Genotype
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Ribosomal
Senegal
Vibrio cholerae

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