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Genomic epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae O1 associated with floods, Pakistan, 2010.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Shah Muhammad Ali, Mutreja Ankur, Thomson Nicholas, Baker Stephen, Parkhill Julian, Dougan Gordon, Bokhari Habib, Wren Brendan W
Abstract excerpt
In August 2010, Pakistan experienced major floods and a subsequent cholera epidemic. To clarify the population dynamics and transmission of Vibrio cholerae in Pakistan, we sequenced the genomes of all V. cholerae O1 El Tor isolates and compared the sequences to a global collection of 146 V. cholerae strains. Within the global phylogeny, all isolates from Pakistan formed 2 new subclades (PSC-1 and PSC-2), lying in...
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