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Outbreak of cholera caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor variant strain in Bihar, India.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Koley Hemanta, Ray Nivedita, Chowdhury Goutam, Barman Soumik, Mitra Soma, Ramamurthy T, Mukhopadhyay Asish K, Sarkar B L, Katyal Rakesh, Das Pradeep, Panda Samiran, Ghosh Subrata
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of cholera struck Bihar, an Indian state, in August 2008 following a massive flood. Here we report the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Vibrio cholerae strains isolated from patients with diarrhea. Rectal swabs were obtained from patients with diarrhea who were admitted to medical camps or the hospital, and the strains were biochemically and serologically characterized. V. cholerae was...
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