Clonal analysis of non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 associated with an outbreak of cholera.
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1999-06-24
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We examined the clonal relationships among eight clinical isolates of non-toxigenic (NT) V. cholerae O1 associated with a cluster of cases of cholera in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh in south India and compared their relatedness to toxigenic O1 strains of classical and E1Tor biotypes and with O139 Bengal strains of V. cholerae by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Phylogentic analysis of the NotI restriction fragment length polymorphism showed that all the NT. V. cholerae O1 strains formed a tight cluster with more than 80 per cent similarity. Interestingly, the NT V. cholerae O1 cluster was more closely related to V. cholerae O139 than to classical and E1Tor biotypes of V. cholerae O1 indicating closer genetic relationships between NT V. cholerae 01 and O139 Bengal strains that were isolated during the same time-frame.
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Pal A, Saha PK, Nair GB, Yamasaki S, Takeda T, Takeda Y, Bhattacharya SK, Ramamurthy T. Clonal analysis of non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 associated with an outbreak of cholera. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 1999 Jun; 109(): 208-11