Recent Clonal Origin of Cholera in Haiti

Recent Clonal Origin of Cholera in Haiti

Altered El Tor Vibrio cholerae O1, with classical cholera toxin B gene, was isolated from 16 patients with severe diarrhea at St. Mark’s Hospital, Arbonite, Haiti, <3 weeks after onset of the current cholera epidemic. Variable-number tandem-repeat typing of 187 isolates showed minimal diversity,...

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Main Authors: Afsar Ali, Yuansha Chen, Judith A. Johnson, Edsel Redden, Yfto Mayette, Mohammed H. Rashid, O. Colin Stine, J. Glenn Morris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Cholera
Haiti
Vibrio cholerae
bacteria
variable-number tandem-repeat
molecular epidemiology
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/4/10-1973_article

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