Vibrio cholerae No-01 toxigénico / Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae non-01
Rev. cuba. med. trop
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52(2): 106-109, May-Aug. 2000.
Article
in Spanish
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RESUMO
The antimicrobial susceptibility and the presence of a heat-stable toxin were researched into 100 non-01 Vibrio cholerae strains sent by 7 different health centers to the National Reference Laboratory of Acute Diarrheal Diseases in "Pedro KourÝ" Tropical Medicine Institute. The presence of 20 toxigenic non-01 Vibrio cholerae was detected, a figure substantially higher than that reported in other geographic areas, except for endemic areas. This result will make it possible to set epidemiological alert in Cuba because these strains can be infected by CTX phages (element transporting genes that encode for choleric toxin) which will give such strains an epidemic potential similar to that of the etiologic agent of cholera. The identified strains could be studied as possible cholera vaccine candidates.
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Main subject:
Vibrio cholerae
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Cholera Toxin
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Caribbean
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Cuba
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. cuba. med. trop
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Cuba
Institution/Affiliation country:
Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri/CU
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