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The origin of the Haitian cholera outbreak strain.
The New England journal of medicine - 6 Jan 2011
Chin Chen-Shan, Sorenson Jon, Harris Jason B, Robins William P, Charles Richelle C, Jean-Charles Roger R, Bullard James, Webster Dale R, Kasarskis Andrew, Peluso Paul, Paxinos Ellen E, Yamaichi Yoshiharu, Calderwood Stephen B, Mekalanos John J, Schadt Eric E, Waldor Matthew K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although cholera has been present in Latin America since 1991, it had not been epidemic in Haiti for at least 100 years. Recently, however, there has been a severe outbreak of cholera in Haiti. METHODS: We used third-generation single-molecule real-time DNA sequencing to determine the genome sequences of 2 clinical Vibrio cholerae isolates from the current outbreak in Haiti, 1 strain that caused...
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