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A molecular surveillance reveals the prevalence of Vibrio cholerae O139 isolates in China from 1993 to 2012.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2014
Zhang Ping, Zhou Haijian, Diao Baowei, Li Fengjuan, Du Pengcheng, Li Jie, Kan Biao, Morris J Glenn, Wang Duochun
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio cholerae serogroup O139 was first identified in 1992 in India and Bangladesh, in association with major epidemics of cholera in both countries; cases were noted shortly thereafter in China. We characterized 211 V. cholerae O139 isolates that were isolated at multiple sites in China between 1993 and 2012 from patients (n = 92) and the environment (n = 119). Among clinical isolates, 88 (95.7%) of 92 were...
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