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Cholera outbreaks (2012) in three districts of Nepal reveal clonal transmission of multi-drug resistant Vibrio cholerae O1.
BMC infectious diseases - 15 Jul 2014
Dixit Sameer M, Johura Fatema-Tuz, Manandhar Sulochana, Sadique Abdus, Rajbhandari Rajesh M, Mannan Shahnewaj B, Rashid Mahamud-Ur, Islam Saiful, Karmacharya Dibesh, Watanabe Haruo, Sack R Bradley, Cravioto Alejandro, Alam Munirul
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BACKGROUND: Although endemic cholera causes significant morbidity and mortality each year in Nepal, lack of information about the causal bacterium often hinders cholera intervention and prevention. In 2012, diarrheal outbreaks affected three districts of Nepal with confirmed cases of mortality. T...
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