Molecular Characterization of Epidemic Isolates of Vibrio Cholerae O1 by Arbitrarily Primed PCR (AP-PCR)

Background: Epidemic and endemic cholera is a major public health problem for many countries. Aim of this study was to evaluate AP-PCR for investigation of clonal relatedness among the strains of Vibrio cholerae recovered from an outbreak occurred in different parts of Iran in 2005. Methods: The stu...

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Main Authors: M Izadi, M Hamidian, A Karami, N Sadeghifard, MR Pourshafie, R Ranjbar, M Parzadeh, N Jonaidi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2008-07-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/9153.pdf&manuscript_id=9153