Reemergence of Epidemic Vibrio cholerae O139, Bangladesh

Reemergence of Epidemic Vibrio cholerae O139, Bangladesh

During March and April 2002, a resurgence of Vibrio cholerae O139 occurred in Dhaka and adjoining areas of Bangladesh with an estimated 30,000 cases of cholera. Patients infected with O139 strains were much older than those infected with O1 strains (p<0.001). The reemerged O139 strains belong to...

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Main Authors: Shah M. Faruque, Nityananda Chowdhury, M. Kamruzzaman, Q. Shafi Ahmad, A.S.G. Faruque, M. Abdus Salam, T. Ramamurthy, G. Balakrish Nair, Andrej Weintraub, David A. Sack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Cholera epidemic
Vibrio cholerae O139
CTX phage
drug resistance
Bangladesh
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/9/02-0443_article

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