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Cholera outbreaks in Nigeria are associated with multidrug resistant atypical El Tor and non-O1/non-O139 Vibrio cholerae.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2013
Marin Michel A, Thompson Cristiane C, Freitas Fernanda S, Fonseca Erica L, Aboderin A Oladipo, Zailani Sambo B, Quartey Naa Kwarley E, Okeke Iruka N, Vicente Ana Carolina P
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BACKGROUND: The current millennium has seen a steep rise in the number, size and case-fatalities of cholera outbreaks in many African countries. Over 40,000 cases of cholera were reported from Nigeria in 2010. Variants of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor biotype have emerged but very little is known abo...
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