Volume 17, Number 11—November 2011
Dispatch
Molecular Subtyping in Cholera Outbreak, Laos, 2010
Noikaseumsy Sithivong1, Tomoko Morita-Ishihara1, Arounnapha Vongdouangchanh, Traykhouane Phouthavane, Khampheng Chomlasak, Lay Sisavath, Bouaphanh Khamphaphongphane, Bounthanom Sengkeopraseuth, Phengta Vongprachanh, Onechanh Keosavanh, Kongmany Southalack, Lee Jiyoung, Reiko Tsuyuoka, Makoto Ohnishi, and Hidemasa Izumiya
Table
MLVA types identified in study of cholera, Laos, 2010*
| MLVA type | No. isolates | Outbreak location |
Vibrio cholerae repeat copy no.
|
PFGE profile (no. isolates) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| I | 8 | Attapeu | 8 | 6 | NA | NA | 7 | 17 | 17 | A (7), B (1) |
| II | 1 | Attapeu | 8 | 6 | NA | NA | 7 | 18 | 17 | A (1) |
| III | 17 | Xekong | 10 | 6 | NA | 4 | 7 | 16 | 16 | B (17) |
| IV | 1 | Xekong | 10 | 6 | NA | 4 | 7 | 16 | 17 | B (1) |
| V | 1 | Xekong | 9 | 6 | NA | 4 | 7 | 16 | 16 | B (1) |
*MLVA, multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; NA, no PCR products amplified.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
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