Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolated in Samutsakorn, Thailand before, during and after the emergence of V. cholerae O139.

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Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolated in Samutsakorn, Thailand before, during and after the emergence of V. cholerae O139.

Epidemiology and infection - 1 Oct 1998

Dalsgaard A, Serichantalergs O, Forslund A, Pitarangsi C, Echeverria P

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Seventy clinical strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolated from 1982-96 in Samutsakorn, a port city 30 km southwest of Bangkok where cholera occurs at low levels with regular seasonality, were characterized to investigate if there were any differences among the O1 strains isolated before, during and...

Topics

Cholera
Cholera Toxin
Disease Outbreaks
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Humans
Phenotype
RNA, Ribosomal
Seasons
Thailand
Vibrio cholerae

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