Molecular evidence that a distinct Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor strain in Calcutta may have spread to the African continent.

Sharma, C and Ghosh, A and Dalsgaard, A and Forslund, A and Ghosh, R K and Bhattacharya, S K and Nair, G B (1998) Molecular evidence that a distinct Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor strain in Calcutta may have spread to the African continent. Journal of clinical microbiology, 36 (3). pp. 843-4. ISSN 0095-1137

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Abstract

We present molecular evidence that a distinct genotype of Vibrio cholerae O1 which appeared in Calcutta, India, in September 1993 and which is characterized by a unique ribotype that is not found in the standardized ribotyping scheme of V. cholerae and that shows a specific pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profile may have spread to the west African country of Guinea-Bissau where it was responsible for an epidemic of cholera which began in October 1994 and continued into 1996.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to ASM
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology
Depositing User:	Dr. K.P.S.Sengar
Date Deposited:	02 Jan 2012 17:27
Last Modified:	02 Jan 2012 17:27
URI:	http://crdd.osdd.net/open/id/eprint/359

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