Class I Integrons and SXT Elements in El Tor Strains Isolated before and after 1992 Vibrio cholerae O139 Outbreak, Calcutta, India

Class I Integrons and SXT Elements in El Tor Strains Isolated before and after 1992 Vibrio cholerae O139 Outbreak, Calcutta, India

We examined the distribution of class I integrons and SXT elements in Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains, isolated in Calcutta, India, before and after the V. cholerae O139 outbreak in 1992. Class I integrons, with aadA1 gene cassette, were detected primarily in the pre-O139 strains; the SXT element...

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Main Authors: M. Amita, S. Roy Chowdhury, M. Thungapathra, T. Ramamurthy, G. Balakrish Nair, Amit Ghosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
class I
dispatch
drug resistance
India
integrons
SXT
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/4/02-0317_article

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