@article{open774, volume = {352}, number = {9126}, author = {Harvey H Kimsey and G B Nair and Amit Ghosh and Matthew K Waldor}, note = {Copyright of this article belongs to The Lancet.}, title = {Diverse CTX{\ensuremath{\Phi}}s and evolution of new pathogenic Vibrio cholerae}, publisher = {LANCET}, year = {1998}, journal = {The Lancet}, pages = {457--458}, url = {http://crdd.osdd.net/open/774/}, 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. } }