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Original Article

Enterotoxigenicity screening of viable environmental Vibrio cholerae strains from rainwater pools in a university campus in Chennai, South India

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Pages 325-328 | Received 02 Aug 2010, Accepted 09 Dec 2010, Published online: 13 Jan 2011

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