Recent Clonal Origin of Cholera in Haiti

Altered El Tor Vibrio cholerae O1, with classical cholera toxin B gene, was isolated from 16 patients with severe diarrhea at St. Mark’s Hospital, Arbonite, Haiti, <3 weeks after onset of the current cholera epidemic. Variable-number tandem-repeat typing of 187 isolates showed minimal diversity,...

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Autores principales: Ali, Afsar, Chen, Yuansha, Johnson, Judith A., Redden, Edsel, Mayette, Yfto, Rashid, Mohammed H., Stine, O. Colin, Morris, J. Glenn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3377427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21470464
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1704.101973
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Sumario:Altered El Tor Vibrio cholerae O1, with classical cholera toxin B gene, was isolated from 16 patients with severe diarrhea at St. Mark’s Hospital, Arbonite, Haiti, <3 weeks after onset of the current cholera epidemic. Variable-number tandem-repeat typing of 187 isolates showed minimal diversity, consistent with a point source for the epidemic.

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