Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis-based molecular comparison of vibrio cholerae O1 isolates from domestic and imported cases of cholera in Japan.
Sixty-seven Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor isolates (36 domestic and 31 imported) were classified into 19 subtypes by NotI- and SfiI-digested pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Twenty-five of 36 domestic and 4 imported isolates were assigned to a NotI-A1-SfiI-A1 subtype, suggesting that this pulse type is widely distributed in Asia and Japan.
Arakawa
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Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Murase
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Matsushita
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Shimada
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Yamai
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Ito
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Watanabe
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D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004351:Drug Resistance; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D010641:Phenotype; D014195:Travel; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*