The increased severity in patients presenting to hospital with diarrhea in Dhaka, Bangladesh since the emergence of the hybrid strain of Vibrio cholerae O1 is not unique to cholera patients

The increased severity in patients presenting to hospital with diarrhea in Dhaka, Bangladesh since the emergence of the hybrid strain of Vibrio cholerae O1 is not unique to cholera patients

Background: A hybrid strain of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor that expresses a classical cholera toxin (CT) emerged in 2001. This hybrid variant rapidly replaced the previous El Tor strain around the world. The global emergence of this variant coincided with anecdotal reports that cholera patients were p...

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Main Authors: Fahima Chowdhury, Alison Kuchta, Ashraful Islam Khan, A.S.G. Faruque, Stephen B. Calderwood, Edward T. Ryan, Firdausi Qadri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-11-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Cholera
Vibrio cholerae
Hybrid
Watery diarrhea
Severity
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215002179

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