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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2013-01-01
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Series: | Open Biology |
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Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsob.120181 |
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