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Molecular Characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 Reveals Continuous Evolution of Its New Variants in India

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Vibrio cholerae, the causing agent of cholera is still a major health challenge in most of the developing countries. In this study, V. cholerae strains collected from different cholera outbreaks in India over a period of past 7 years were found to have various toxigenic, pathogenic and regulatory genes viz. ctxAB, zot, tcp, hlyA, ace, ompU, ompW, rfbO1, toxT and toxR. The biotype specific genes rstR and rtxC revealed the El Tor biotype in majority of the isolates. However, variants among the isolates were found having genotype of both the biotypes. Sequencing of ctxB gene revealed the presence of altered ctxB of classical biotype with additional variations in isolates of 2007. Mismatch amplification mutation assay PCR also confirmed the isolates belonging to classical biotype. Antibiogram of the isolates revealed resistance for nalidixic acid, co-trimoxazole, streptomycin, and polymyxin B and susceptibility for tetracycline among most of the isolates from India. However, V. cholerae isolates from a recent outbreak in Eastern India were resistant to tetracycline. The study corroborated the continuous emergence and wide-spread of multidrug resistant El Tor variant strains in the Indian subcontinent.

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Jain, M., Kushwah, K.S., Kumar, P. et al. Molecular Characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 Reveals Continuous Evolution of Its New Variants in India. Indian J Microbiol 53, 137–141 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-013-0372-5

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