title: [Molecular epidemiological study on Vibrio cholerae O139].
abstract: Genomic DNA from 56 Vibrio cholerae O139 strains isolated in various countries was digested with Sfi I or Not I and analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Eight different PFGE patterns were identified. Although the patterns of a large majority of CT-gene-positive epidemic strains isolated in India, Bangladesh and Thailand were the same or similar, but were slightly different from those of two CT-positive strains from India and Nepal. On the other hand, the patterns of CT-negative three strains from Argentine, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were apparently different not only from each other, but also from those of epidemic CT-positive strains. The pattern of one V. cholerae O1 E1 Tor strain isolated in India and the pattern of epidemic V. cholerae O139 resemble each other in many points.
authors.affiliation: Toyama Institute of Health.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gyobu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hosorogi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial