Vibrio cholerae O139 in Calcutta, 1992-1998: Incidence, Antibiograms, and Genotypes

We report results of surveillance for cholera caused by Vibrio cholerae O139 from September 1992, when it was first identified, to December 1998. V. cholerae O139 dominated as the causative agent of cholera in Calcutta during 1992-93 and 1996-97, while the O1 strains dominated during the rest of the...

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Main Authors: Arnab Basu, Pallavi Garg, Simanti Datta, Soumen Chakraborty, Tanuja Bhattacharya, Asis Khan, T. Ramamurthy, S.K. Bhattacharya, Shinji Yamasaki, Yoshifumi Takeda, G. Balakrish Nair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/2/00-0206_article