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

J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Dec;42(12):5854-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5854-5856.2004.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacteriophages / genetics*
  • Bangladesh / epidemiology
  • Cholera / epidemiology
  • Cholera / virology
  • Cholera Toxin / genetics*
  • Cholera Toxin / metabolism
  • Endemic Diseases
  • Genetic Variation*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Repressor Proteins / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Vibrio cholerae O1 / classification
  • Vibrio cholerae O1 / genetics
  • Vibrio cholerae O1 / isolation & purification
  • Vibrio cholerae O1 / virology*
  • Vibrio cholerae O139 / classification
  • Vibrio cholerae O139 / genetics
  • Vibrio cholerae O139 / isolation & purification
  • Vibrio cholerae O139 / virology*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Repressor Proteins
  • RstR protein, Vibrio cholerae
  • Cholera Toxin

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AY704650
  • GENBANK/AY704651
  • GENBANK/AY704652
  • GENBANK/AY704653
  • GENBANK/AY704654
  • GENBANK/AY704655
  • GENBANK/AY704656
  • GENBANK/AY704657
  • GENBANK/AY704658
  • GENBANK/AY704659