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Susceptibility to Vibrio cholerae infection in a cohort of household contacts of patients with cholera in Bangladesh.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 9 Apr 2008
Harris Jason B, LaRocque Regina C, Chowdhury Fahima, Khan Ashraful I, Logvinenko Tanya, Faruque Abu S G, Ryan Edward T, Qadri Firdausi, Calderwood Stephen B
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BACKGROUND: Despite recent progress in understanding the molecular basis of Vibrio cholerae pathogenesis, there is relatively little knowledge of the factors that determine the variability in human susceptibility to V. cholerae infection. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We performed an observational study of a cohort of household contacts of cholera patients in Bangladesh, and compared the baseline characteristics of...
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