TABLE 1.

Strains and their patterns of ribotyping and hybridization with probes of CTX element (ctxAB, zot, and RS) among 117 strains of V. cholerae O139 between 1993 and 1999 in China

Yr of isolation	Location (province)	Source	No. of isolates	Ribo- type (rb)	ctxAB genotype (ct)	RS genotype (R)	zot genotype (z)
1993	Xinjiang	Carrier	14	3	1	1	1
1993	Xinjiang	Carrier	1	3	11	1	1
1993	Xinjiang	Patient	11	3	1	1	1
1993	Xinjiang	Patient	1	3	1	11	1
1993	Xinjiang	Patient	2	3	3	3	3
1993	Xinjiang	Patient	1	4	−a	−	−
1993	Xinjiang	Patient	1	3	9	3	9
1993	Xinjiang	Patient	1	6	1	1	1
1993	Xinjiang	Patient	1	3	11	1	1
1993	Xinjiang	Patient	1	3	1	1	1
1993	Xinjiang	Patient	1	1	1	1	1
1993	Xinjiang	Water	1	7	−	−	−
1994	Beijing	Patient	17	1	4	4	4
1996	Zhejiang	Patient	1	1	1	1	1
1996	Zhejiang	Patient	6	1	2	2	2
1996	Zhejiang	Patient	1	1	6	6	6
1996	Zhejiang	Patient	1	1	9	3	6
1996	Zhejiang	Patient	1	2	6	6	6
1997	Zhejiang	Patient	3	1	1	1	1
1997	Zhejiang	Patient	1	1	8	8	9
1998	Zhejiang	Patient	3	1	1	1	1
1998	Zhejiang	Patient	1	2	9	3	5
1993	Guangdong	Patient	1	1	1	1	1
1993	Guangdong	Patient	1	2	10	9	13
1994	Guangdong	Patient	1	1	1	1	12
1994	Guangdong	Patient	2	1	1	1	1
1995	Guangdong	Patient	1	4	−	−	−
1995	Guangdong	Patient	1	1	11	1	14
1995	Guangdong	Patient	1	2	5	5	5
1997	Guangdong	Patient	1	4	−	−	−
1997	Guangdong	Fish	1	4	−	−	−
1997	Guangdong	Carrier	1	1	7	4	7
1998	Guangdong	Patient	1	1	7	4	7
1998	Guangdong	Patient	1	1	4	4	6
1998	Guangdong	Water	1	1	10	9	10
1994	Jiangxi	Patient	1	1	4	9	10
1994	Jiangxi	Patient	1	1	1	9	10
1998	Jiangxi	Patient	5	2	1	12	9
1998	Jiangxi	Patient	3	5	−	−	−
1997	Jiangsu	Patient	1	1	1	1	1
1998	Jiangsu	Patient	1	1	1	1	1
1999	Jiangsu	Patient	1	1	1	1	1
1998	Jiangsu	Patient	1	2	5	10	9
1998	Jiangsu	Patient	2	1	7	7	9
1998	Anhui	Patient	8	3	1	1	1
1998	Heilongjiang	Patient	2	2	1	1	9
1998	Heilongjiang	Patient	1	6	1	12	9
1997	Hunan	Patient	1	3	5	4	7
1997	Hunan	Patient	1	1	7	4	7
1997	Liaoning	Patient	1	1	1	12	8
1996	Hainan	Patient	1	1	1	1	1
1996	Ne Menggu	Patient	1	1	10	12	11

^a−, negative.