| molecular epidemiology of vibrio cholerae o1 isolated from sporadic cholera cases in okinawa, japan. | in july 1994, 6 cholera cases due to vibrio cholerae o1 el tor ogawa sporadically appeared in okinawa. all 6 patients had no history of traveling abroad. in the period of this cholera outbreak, a strain of v. cholerae o1 el tor ogawa was detected from an imported fish at the naha port quarantine station. the isolates were characterized to clarify whether or not, they belonged to a common clone. phenotypes were identical except that one strain revealed cured celebes and the others were original c ... | 1997 | 9444327 |