Molecular analysis of vibrio cholerae strains isolated in Malaysia: public health implications.

Abstract:

:The genetic diversity or clonality among Vibrio cholerae O1, O139 and non-O1/ non-O139 of clinical and environmental origin using ribotyping and PFGE was performed in order to ascertain the public health implications of the different genotypes circulating within the Malaysian environment. Using an in-house typing scheme, of the 214 strains included, 202 strains were isolated locally between 1992 and 1998, seven were obtained from Bangladesh and five were reference strains. Amongst the 176 El Tor O1 strains, 152 clinical strains demonstrated five ribotypes--E1a, E1b, E2a, E3 and E1c. E1b was the most predominant ribotype demonstrated by 84% of the El Tor O1 strains and was present in all years demonstrating that this strain was intrinsic to Malaysia. PFGE analysis of these strains demonstrated minimal variation amongst the 15 PFGE profiles obtained. Ribotpye E2a amongst five clinical and two environmental O1 strains, were from one location and had previously been reported in Indonesia and the Philippines, thus demonstrating strong evidence that these strains may have been imported into Malaysia. Among Vibrio cholerae O139 strains, 91.7% were of ribotype A1a similar to the original O139, while two others were of ribotype A1b and one of A1e, corresponding to ribotypes 1, 2 and 3 of Dalsgaard and colleagues' scheme for O139 strains. PFGE analysis demonstrated that 89% of ribotype A1a could be differentiated into three PFGE genotypes which were very closely related. The eight non-O1/non-O139 serogroup strains were heterogeneous in both ribotype and PFGE patterns.

authors

Iyer L,Vadivelu J

doi

10.1177/10105395060180030701

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-01-01 00:00:00

pages

33-41

issue

3

eissn

1010-5395

issn

1941-2479

journal_volume

18

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