Diverse CTXΦs and evolution of new pathogenic Vibrio cholerae

Kimsey, Harvey H and Nair, G B and Ghosh, Amit and Waldor, Matthew K (1998) Diverse CTXΦs and evolution of new pathogenic Vibrio cholerae. The Lancet, 352 (9126). pp. 457-458. ISSN 01406736

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Abstract

Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal emerged in late 1992 in southern India as the first non-O1 cause of epidemic cholera, and rapidly became the main cause of cholera on the Indian subcontinent.1 Despite the initial explosive spread of V cholerae O139, by 1994 the incidence of O139 Bengal cholera had declined and the E1 Tor biotype of V cholerae O1 once again became the predominant cause of cholera in this region.2 In August, 1996, after nearly 3 years, V cholerae O139 reemerged as the main cause of cholera in Calcutta.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to The Lancet.
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Depositing User:	Dr. K.P.S.Sengar
Date Deposited:	30 Jan 2012 17:59
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2015 09:08
URI:	http://crdd.osdd.net/open/id/eprint/774

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