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Identification of chironomid species as natural reservoirs of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae strains with pandemic potential

Vibrio cholerae causes the fatal cholera diarrhea. Chironomids (Diptera; Chironomidae) are abundant in freshwater aquatic habitats and estuaries and are natural reservoirs of V. cholerae. Until now, only the non-O1/O139 serogroups of V. cholerae were identified in chironomids. Here, we explored whet...

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Autores principales: Laviad-Shitrit, Sivan, Sela, Rotem, Thorat, Leena, Sharaby, Yehonatan, Izhaki, Ido, Nath, Bimalendu B., Halpern, Malka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7757795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33362241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008959