title: Molecular epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae in Hong Kong.
abstract: We studied restriction fragment length polymorphism of the enterotoxin genes of isolates of Vibrio cholerae El Tor, indistinguishable by bacteriophage typing, which were collected in Hong Kong since 1978. Using this approach, we could distinguish indigenous and exogenous strains obtained from different sources and epidemiological settings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Yam
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lung
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D001345:Autoradiography; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial