Heterogeneity of diphtheria toxin gene, tox, and its regulatory element, dtxR, in Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains causing epidemic diphtheria in Russia and Ukraine.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on July 01, 1996

Authors

H Nakao1, J M Pruckler, I K Mazurova, O V Narvskaia, T Glushkevich, V F Marijevski, A N Kravetz, B S Fields, I K Wachsmuth, T Popovic

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1: Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.

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