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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Molecular characterization of high-level-cholera-toxin-producing el Tor variant Vibrio Cholerae strains in the zanzibar archipelago of Tanzania
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Volume 51, No. 3, Year 2013
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Description
Analysis of 1,180 diarrheal stool samples in Zanzibar detected 247 Vibrio cholerae O1, Ogawa strains in 2009. Phenotypic traits and PCR-based detection of rstR, rtxC, and tcpA alleles showed that they belonged to the El Tor biotype. Genetic analysis of ctxB of these strains revealed that they were classical type, and production of classical cholera toxin B (CTB) was confirmed by Western blotting. These strains produced more CT than the prototype El Tor and formed a separate cluster by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) analysis.© 2013, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Naha, A.
India, Kolkata
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases India
Chowdhury, Goutam R.
India, Kolkata
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases India
Ghosh-Banerjee, J.
India, Kolkata
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases India
Senoh, M.
India, Kolkata
The Collaborative Research Center of Okayama University for Infectious Diseases in India
Takahashi, T.
India, Kolkata
The Collaborative Research Center of Okayama University for Infectious Diseases in India
Ley, Benedikt B.
South Korea, Seoul
International Vaccine Institute, Seoul
Thriemer, Kamala L.
South Korea, Seoul
International Vaccine Institute, Seoul
Deen, Jacqueline L.
South Korea, Seoul
International Vaccine Institute, Seoul
Von-Seidlein, Lorenz
Australia, Darwin
Menzies School of Health Research
Ali, Said Mohammed
Tanzania, Mkokotoni
Ministry of Health Zanzibar
Tanzania, Mkokotoni, Zanzibar
Public Health Laboratory
Khatib, Ahmed M.
Tanzania, Mkokotoni
Ministry of Health Zanzibar
Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan
India, Kolkata
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases India
Nandy, Ranjan Kumar
India, Kolkata
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases India
Nair, Gopinath Balakrish
India, Kolkata
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases India
Takeda, Y.
India, Kolkata
The Collaborative Research Center of Okayama University for Infectious Diseases in India
Mukhopadhyay, Asish Kumar
India, Kolkata
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases India
Statistics
Citations: 42
Authors: 16
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1128/JCM.03162-12
ISSN:
00951137
e-ISSN:
1098660X
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Tanzania