TY - JOUR N1 - Copyright of this article belongs to The Lancet. ID - open774 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79193-5 IS - 9126 A1 - Kimsey, Harvey H A1 - Nair, G B A1 - Ghosh, Amit A1 - Waldor, Matthew K Y1 - 1998/// N2 - 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. PB - LANCET JF - The Lancet VL - 352 SN - 01406736 TI - Diverse CTX?s and evolution of new pathogenic Vibrio cholerae SP - 457 AV - none EP - 458 ER -