Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym bengal is closely related to Vibrio cholerae El Tor but has important differences.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 62 ·No. 5 ·1994-05-00 ·Pages 2108-10

Johnson JA, Salles CA, Panigrahi P, Albert MJ, Wright AC, Johnson RJ, Morris JG

Abstract

Although Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal strains, from the current epidemics in India and Bangladesh, are closely related to seventh-pandemic strains, as shown by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis, Bengal strains are encapsulated and portions of the O1 antigen biosynthetic complex genes found in O1 strains are altered or lacking. Encapsulated Bengal strains showed resistance to killing by normal human serum. The presence of the capsule suggests the potential for bloodstream invasion in susceptible hosts and has profound implications for vaccine development.

MeSH Terms

Animals Bacterial Capsules Base Sequence Mice Molecular Sequence Data Vibrio cholerae/classification,immunology,pathogenicity

Authors & Affiliations

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Johnson J A

Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, VAMC Baltimore, MD 21201.

Salles C A

Panigrahi P

Albert M J

Wright A C

Johnson R J

Morris J G

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Article Info

Journal

Infection and immunity

Abbr.

Infect Immun

ISSN

0019-9567

DOI

10.1128/iai.62.5.2108-2110.1994

Published

1994-05-00

Pages

2108-10

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0246127

PMCID

PMC186475

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.5.2108-2110.1994 PMC Full Text View journal details

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