High-frequency rugose exopolysaccharide production by Vibrio cholerae strains isolated in Haiti.

High-frequency rugose exopolysaccharide production by Vibrio cholerae strains isolated in Haiti.

In October, 2010, epidemic cholera was reported for the first time in Haiti in over 100 years. Establishment of cholera endemicity in Haiti will be dependent in large part on the continued presence of toxigenic V. cholerae O1 in aquatic reservoirs. The rugose phenotype of V. cholerae, characterized...

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Main Authors: Mustafizur Rahman, Mohammad Jubair, Meer T Alam, Thomas A Weppelmann, Taj Azarian, Marco Salemi, Ilya A Sakharuk, Mohammed H Rashid, Judith A Johnson, Mahmuda Yasmin, J Glenn Morris, Afsar Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4229229?pdf=render

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