Multilevel Genome Typing Describes Short- and Long-Term <named-content content-type="genus-species">Vibrio cholerae</named-content> Molecular Epidemiology

ABSTRACT Since 1817, cholera, caused by Vibrio cholerae, has been characterized by seven distinct pandemics. The ongoing seventh pandemic (7P) began in 1961. In this study, we developed a Multilevel Genome Typing (MGT) tool for classifying the V. cholerae species with a focus on the 7P. MGT is based...

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Main Authors: Liam Cheney, Michael Payne, Sandeep Kaur, Ruiting Lan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-08-01
Series:mSystems
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00134-21