title: Serotypes and phage types of Vibrio cholerae in Mysore.
abstract: A total of 565 samples of acute diarrhoeal stools from children received over a period of twelve months from November 1996 to October 1997, yielded 289 (51.15%) isolates of V. cholerae. Out of these, 277 (95.85%) were V. cholerae 01 serotype Ogawa, 7 (2.42%) were V. cholerae 0139 and 5 (1.73%) were V. cholerae non-O1 non-0139. Phage typing of the isolates was carried out by NICED Calcutta. Out of 78 isolates, 69 (88.46%) belong to phage type T27. Of the remaining, 3 (3.85%), 3(3.85%), 2(2.56%) and 1(1.28%) belong to the phage types T26, T13, T8 and T4 respectively.
authors.affiliation: Deptt. of Microbiology, Govt. Medical College, Mysore.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Hanumanthappa
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rajagopal
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D002648:Child; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D012703:Serotyping; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification