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Environmental Surveillance of Vibrio cholerae O1/O139 in the Five African Great Lakes and Other Major Surface Water Sources in Uganda

Cholera is a major public health problem in the African Great Lakes basin. Two hypotheses might explain this observation, namely the lakes are reservoirs of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 bacteria, or cholera outbreaks are a result of repeated pathogen introduction from the neighboring commun...

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Autores principales: Bwire, Godfrey, Debes, Amanda K., Orach, Christopher G., Kagirita, Atek, Ram, Malathi, Komakech, Henry, Voeglein, Joseph B., Buyinza, Ambrose W., Obala, Tonny, Brooks, W. Abdullah, Sack, David A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6085420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30123189
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01560