title: A cholera outbreak of the Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor variant carrying classical CtxB in northeastern Thailand in 2007.
abstract: Cholera outbreaks occurred in Thailand in 2007. Isolates from the northeastern regions were analyzed. Interestingly, the outbreak strain was identified as biotype El Tor; serotype Ogawa with cholera toxin B subunit gene (ctxB) of the classical type and CTX prophage repressor gene of the El Tor type. The clone was genetically closely related to pulsotype H, which is predominantly found in India. It was probably introduced into Thailand recently.
authors.affiliation: Thailand-Japan Research Collaboration Center on Emerging and Re-emerging Infections (RCC-ERI), Nonthaburi, Thailand. kazuhisa@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Siriporn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chantaroj
authors.forename: Amonrattana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roobthaisong
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: Pathom
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sawanpanyalert
mesh_terms: D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000235:genetics*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D002772:Cholera Toxin