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Reemergence of epidemic Vibrio cholerae O139, Bangladesh.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2003
Faruque Shah M, Chowdhury Nityananda, Kamruzzaman M, Ahmad Q Shafi, Faruque A S G, Salam M Abdus, Ramamurthy T, Nair G Balakrish, Weintraub Andrej, Sack David A
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During March and April 2002, a resurgence of Vibrio cholerae O139 occurred in Dhaka and adjoining areas of Bangladesh with an estimated 30,000 cases of cholera. Patients infected with O139 strains were much older than those infected with O1 strains (p<0.001). The reemerged O139 strains belong to...
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