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Molecular epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae and campylobacters isolated in Asian countries

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Current Topics of Infectious Diseases in Japan and Asia

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Vibrio cholerae and campylobacters are recognized as important water-borne and food-borne pathogens, respectively, associated with acute gastroenteritis. In this article, we describe the recent scenario of cholera on the basis of active surveillance conducted at the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric diseases, Kolkata, India with special reference to a newly emerged V. cholerae O1 El Tor variant and the recent molecular epidemiologic investigation related with Campylobacter and related organisms in Japan, Thailand and the People’s Republic of China.

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  1. Laboratory of Prevention of International Epidemics, Department of Veterinary Science, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-58, Rinku orai-kita, Izumisano-shi, Osaka, 598-8531, Japan

    Shinji Yamasaki, Masahiro Asakura, Sachi Shiramaru, Sucharit Basu Neogi & Atsushi Hinenoya

  2. Faculty of Allied Health Science, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand

    Worada Samosornsuk

  3. School of Light Chemistry and Food Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P.R. China

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  4. National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India

    Thandavarayan Ramamurthy

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Yamasaki, S. et al. (2010). Molecular epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae and campylobacters isolated in Asian countries. In: Tanaka, K., Niki, Y., Kokaze, A. (eds) Current Topics of Infectious Diseases in Japan and Asia. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53875-2_2

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