A Vibrio cholerae pathogenicity island associated with epidemic and pandemic strains.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on March 17, 1998

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D K Karaolis1, J A Johnson, C C Bailey, E C Boedeker, J B Kaper, P R Reeves

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1: Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. karaolis@umaryland.edu

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