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Indigenous Vibrio cholerae strains from a non-endemic region are pathogenic.
Open biology - 13 Feb 2013
Islam Atiqul, Labbate Maurizio, Djordjevic Steven P, Alam Munirul, Darling Aaron, Melvold Jacqueline, Holmes Andrew J, Johura Fatema T, Cravioto Alejandro, Charles Ian G, Stokes H W
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Of the 200+ serogroups of Vibrio cholerae, only O1 or O139 strains are reported to cause cholera, and mostly in endemic regions. Cholera outbreaks elsewhere are considered to be via importation of pathogenic strains. Using established animal models, we show that diverse V. cholerae strains indige...
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