Synergistic Effect of Various Virulence Factors Leading to High Toxicity of Environmental V. cholerae Non-O1/ Non-O139 Isolates Lacking ctx Gene : Comparative Study with Clinical Strains

Neha Rajpara; Kittappa Vinothkumar; Priyabrata Mohanty; Arun Kumar Singh; Rajesh Singh; Ritam Sinha; Dhrubajyoti Nag; Hemanta Koley; Ashima Kushwaha Bhardwaj

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076200

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Synergistic Effect of Various Virulence Factors Leading to High Toxicity of Environmental V. cholerae Non-O1/ Non-O139 Isolates Lacking ctx Gene : Comparative Study with Clinical Strains

Neha Rajpara ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Neha Rajpara, Kittappa Vinothkumar

Affiliation Department of Human Health and Diseases, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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Kittappa Vinothkumar ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Neha Rajpara, Kittappa Vinothkumar

Affiliation Department of Human Health and Diseases, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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Priyabrata Mohanty,

Affiliation Department of Human Health and Diseases, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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Arun Kumar Singh,

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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Rajesh Singh,

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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Ritam Sinha,

Affiliation National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Beliaghata, Kolkata, India
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Dhrubajyoti Nag,

Affiliation National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Beliaghata, Kolkata, India
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Hemanta Koley,

Affiliation National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Beliaghata, Kolkata, India
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Ashima Kushwaha Bhardwaj

* E-mail: ashima.bhardwaj@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Human Health and Diseases, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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Synergistic Effect of Various Virulence Factors Leading to High Toxicity of Environmental V. cholerae Non-O1/ Non-O139 Isolates Lacking ctx Gene : Comparative Study with Clinical Strains

Neha Rajpara,
Kittappa Vinothkumar,
Priyabrata Mohanty,
Arun Kumar Singh,
Rajesh Singh,
Ritam Sinha,
Dhrubajyoti Nag,
Hemanta Koley,
Ashima Kushwaha Bhardwaj

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Published: September 23, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076200

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