Abstract
Clinical and environmental Vibrio cholerae organisms collected from February 2004 through April 2005 were systematically isolated from 2 rural Bangladeshi locales. Their genetic relatedness was evaluated at 5 loci that contained a variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR). The observed minimal overlap in VNTR patterns between the 2 communities was consistent with sequential, small outbreaks from local sources.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Bangladesh / epidemiology
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Base Sequence
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Cholera / epidemiology*
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Cholera / microbiology
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Fresh Water / microbiology
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Geologic Sediments / microbiology
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Humans
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Minisatellite Repeats / genetics
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Plankton / microbiology
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Rural Population*
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Seasons*
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Vibrio cholerae / classification*
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Vibrio cholerae / genetics
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Vibrio cholerae / isolation & purification*
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Vibrio cholerae O1 / classification
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Vibrio cholerae O1 / genetics
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Vibrio cholerae O1 / isolation & purification
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Vibrio cholerae O139 / classification
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Vibrio cholerae O139 / genetics
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Vibrio cholerae O139 / isolation & purification
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Vibrio cholerae non-O1 / classification
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Vibrio cholerae non-O1 / genetics
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Vibrio cholerae non-O1 / isolation & purification