title: Phage specific for Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal.
abstract: From the stool of a Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal-infected patient, a phage that specifically lysed capsulated V. cholerae O139 strains only was isolated. The phage is useful for the confirmatory diagnosis of V. cholerae O139 infection and for the differentiation of variants that lack the capsule.
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Bangladesh. albert%cholera@external.ait.ac.th
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Bhuiyan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hultenby
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weintraub
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nahar
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Kibriya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ansaruzzaman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002771:Cholera / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013045:Species Specificity; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000821:virology*