DETECTION OF VIRULENCE GENES IN ENVIRONMENTAL STRAINS OF Vibrio cholerae FROM ESTUARIES IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

DETECTION OF VIRULENCE GENES IN ENVIRONMENTAL STRAINS OF Vibrio cholerae FROM ESTUARIES IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

The objectives of this study were to detect the presence of Vibrio cholerae in tropical estuaries (Northeastern Brazil) and to search for virulence factors in the environmental isolates. Water and sediment samples were inoculated onto a vibrio-selective medium (TCBS), and colonies with morphological...

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Main Authors: Francisca Gleire Rodrigues de Menezes, Soraya da Silva Neves, Oscarina Viana de Sousa, Candida Machado Vieira Maia Vila-Nova, Rodrigo Maggioni, Grace Nazareth Diogo Theophilo, Ernesto Hofer, Regine Helena Silva dos Fernandes Vieira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-09-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Cholera
Estuaries
Pathogenicity
Genes
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