Folia Medica Indonesiana
ISSN 0303-7932
Vol. 44 / No. 3 / Published : 2008-07
Order : 5, and page :157 - 159
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Original Article :
Vibrio cholerae and its typing profile
Author :
- Eddy Bagus Wasito*1
- Department of Medical Microbiology Airlangga University School of Medicine, Jl Prof Dr Moestopo 47, Surabaya
Abstract :
A research to type clinical isolate of Vibrio cholerae kept as stock culture at Institute of Tropical Disease Airlangga University had been conducted in Surabaya, Indonesia..A total of 77 stocked culture had been serotyped by a slide agglutination test with polyvalent O1 and continued with monovalent antisera, and biotyped biochemically based on the VP reaction. All examined isolates belong to serogroup O1, 76/77 (99%) of the isolates are Ogawa serotype, and 53/77 (68%) are eltor biotype. Another 1 isolate does not belong to serogroup O1. It means that people are faced to two kinds of potential epidemic strains of Vibrio cholerae O1
Keyword :
Vibrio cholerae O1, serotypes and biotypes, Surabaya , Indonesia,
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