Microbiological contamination is an important water-quality problem worldwide. Human
impact on this category of contamination is significant and several human-related activities …

Objective: Cholera is a challenging ancient disease caused by Vibrio cholera (V. cholera).
Antibiotics that prevent cell wall synthesis are among the first known antibiotic groups. Due …

A total of 32 Vibrio cholerae isolates were collected during a recent large cholera outbreak
in Eastern India. Biochemical and serological studies revealed that all of the isolates …

In the present study, Salmonella isolates (n= 40) recovered from clinical, food, poultry and
environmental sources were characterized for serotype identification, genetic diversity and …

Vibrio species isolated from four different sampling stations in the west coast of Peninsular
Malaysia were screened for their antimicrobial resistance and plasmid profiles. A total of 138 …

Sixty strains (n= 60) of Vibrio vulnificus were examined for their multiple antibiotic resistance
(MAR) index, plasmid profiles, and DNA polymorphisms. Thirty-seven strains (n= 37) were …

ABSTRACT A total of 20 Vibrio cholerae isolates were recovered for investigation from a
cholera outbreak in Kelantan, Malaysia, that occurred between November and December …

Background Vibrio cholera (V. cholera) is a facultative pathogen that colonizes the small
intestine and produces cholerae toxin as the primary virulence factor that causes cholera …

ABSTRACT Objectives Vibrio cholerae O1/O139 is responsible for cholera epidemics that
remains a huge public health menace across the globe. Furthermore, an increasing …

Decades of development of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have yielded a significant
array of associated techniques that make it possible to rapidly detect low numbers of all …