Indigenous Vibrio cholerae strains from a non-endemic region are pathogenic

Indigenous Vibrio cholerae strains from a non-endemic region are pathogenic

Of the 200+ serogroups of Vibrio cholerae, only O1 or O139 strains are reported to cause cholera, and mostly in endemic regions. Cholera outbreaks elsewhere are considered to be via importation of pathogenic strains. Using established animal models, we show that diverse V. cholerae strains indigenou...

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Main Authors: Atiqul Islam, Maurizio Labbate, Steven P. Djordjevic, Munirul Alam, Aaron Darling, Jacqueline Melvold, Andrew J. Holmes, Fatema T. Johura, Alejandro Cravioto, Ian G. Charles, H. W. Stokes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2013-01-01
Series:Open Biology
Subjects:
vibrio cholerae
cholera
lateral genetic transfer
virulence
environmental
Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsob.120181

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