1.
Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol
; (2): 11-5, 1994.
Article
in Russian
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8017114
ABSTRACT
The properties of 22,382 V. eltor strains isolated from environmental objects on the territory of different climatic and geographical zones during the period of 1970-1988 were studied. The study was made on the morphology of their colonies, the agglutinability of the strains by cholera O serum, type-specific serum and RO serum, their capacity for being lyzed by V. eltor bacteriophage, their hemolytic activity and virulence. Differences in the occurrence of strains with any of the above-mentioned properties, depending on the object from which they were isolate, the climatic and geographical zone and the intensity of the epidemiological situation with regard to cholera.