Genomic Epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae O1 Associated with Floods, Pakistan, 2010

In August 2010, Pakistan experienced major floods and a subsequent cholera epidemic. To clarify the population dynamics and transmission of Vibrio cholerae in Pakistan, we sequenced the genomes of all V. cholerae O1 El Tor isolates and compared the sequences to a global collection of 146 V. cholerae...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Ali Shah, Ankur Mutreja, Nicholas Thomson, Stephen Baker, Julian Parkhill, Gordon Dougan, Habib Bokhari, Brendan W. Wren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/1/13-0428_article