Vibrio cholerae Invasion Dynamics of the Chironomid Host Are Strongly Influenced by Aquatic Cell Density and Can Vary by Strain

ABSTRACT Cholera has been a human scourge since the early 1800s and remains a global public health challenge, caused by the toxigenic strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. In its aquatic reservoirs, V. cholerae has been shown to live in association with various arthropod hosts, including the chi...

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Published in:	Microbiology Spectrum
Main Authors:	Dianshu Zhao, Afsar Ali, Cameron Zuck, Laurice Uy, J. Glenn Morris, Adam Chun-Nin Wong
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2023-06-01
Subjects:	Vibrio cholerae host-microbe interactions microbiome chironomids microcosm
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02652-22