Phylogenetic Diversity of Vibrio cholerae Associated with Endemic Cholera in Mexico from 1991 to 2008

Phylogenetic Diversity of Vibrio cholerae Associated with Endemic Cholera in Mexico from 1991 to 2008

An outbreak of cholera occurred in 1991 in Mexico, where it had not been reported for more than a century and is now endemic. Vibrio cholerae O1 prototype El Tor and classical strains coexist with altered El Tor strains (1991 to 1997). Nontoxigenic (CTX−) V. cholerae El Tor dominated toxigenic (CTX+...

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Main Authors: Seon Young Choi, Shah M. Rashed, Nur A. Hasan, Munirul Alam, Tarequl Islam, Abdus Sadique, Fatema-Tuz Johura, Mark Eppinger, Jacques Ravel, Anwar Huq, Alejandro Cravioto, Rita R. Colwell
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Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-03-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/2/e02160-15

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