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Cholera Outbreaks Caused by an Altered <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> O1 El Tor Biotype Strain Producing Classical Cholera Toxin B in Vietnam in 2007 to 2008

Author Affiliations
National Institute Of Hygiene And Epidemiology, International Vaccine Institute, Seoul National University, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
Published InJournal of Clinical Microbiology
Year2009
Citations114

Abstract

Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates collected during cholera outbreaks occurring from late 2007 to early 2008 in northern Vietnam were revealed to represent an altered strain containing the RS1 element followed by a CTX prophage harboring El Tor type rstR and classical ctxB on the large chromosome.
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