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Genomic Epidemiology of the Haitian Cholera Outbreak: a Single Introduction Followed by Rapid, Extensive, and Continued Spread Characterized the Onset of the Epidemic

For centuries, cholera has been one of the most feared diseases. The causative agent Vibrio cholerae is a waterborne Gram-negative enteric pathogen eliciting a severe watery diarrheal disease. In October 2010, the seventh pandemic reached Haiti, a country that had not experienced cholera for more th...

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Autores principales: Eppinger, Mark, Pearson, Talima, Koenig, Sara S. K., Pearson, Ofori, Hicks, Nathan, Agrawal, Sonia, Sanjar, Fatemeh, Galens, Kevin, Daugherty, Sean, Crabtree, Jonathan, Hendriksen, Rene S., Price, Lance B., Upadhyay, Bishnu P., Shakya, Geeta, Fraser, Claire M., Ravel, Jacques, Keim, Paul S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4222100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25370488
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01721-14