Jiang Sunny, Chu Weiping, Fu Wuxia
Environmental Health, Science and Policy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003 Dec;69(12):7541-4. doi: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7541-7544.2003.
The examination of 137 non-O1/O139 Vibrio cholerae isolates from Newport Bay, California, indicated the presence of diverse genotypes and a temporal succession. Unexpectedly, the cholera toxin gene (ctxA) was found in 17% of the strains, of which one-third were also positive for the zot gene. This suggests that ctxA is prevalent in the region of nonepidemicity and is likely to have an environmental origin.
对来自加利福尼亚州纽波特湾的137株非O1/O139霍乱弧菌分离株进行的检测表明,存在多种基因型且有时间上的演替。出乎意料的是,在17%的菌株中发现了霍乱毒素基因(ctxA),其中三分之一的菌株zot基因也呈阳性。这表明ctxA在非流行地区普遍存在,并且可能起源于环境。