Diverse CTX phages among toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 strains isolated between 1994 and 2002 in an area where cholera is endemic in Bangladesh.
PCR surveillance of the rstR genes of CTX phages in Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 showed no relationship between the incidence of disease and changes in the rstR but showed variations in their presence in O1 and O139 strains and the occurrence of multiple types in a few strains.
Nusrin
Suraia
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Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR,B Centre for Health and Population Research, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh. gbnair@icddrb.org.
Khan
G Yeahia
GY
Bhuiyan
N A
NA
Ansaruzzaman
M
M
Hossain
M A
MA
Safa
Ashrafus
A
Khan
Rasel
R
Faruque
Shah M
SM
Sack
David A
DA
Hamabata
T
T
Takeda
Yoshifumi
Y
Nair
G Balakrish
GB
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics*; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D041241:Vibrio cholerae O1 / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000821:virology*; D041242:Vibrio cholerae O139 / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000821:virology*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C107871:RstR protein, Vibrio cholerae; D002772:Cholera Toxin