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Rugose atypical Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor responsible for 2009 cholera outbreak in India.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Oct 2016
Chowdhury Goutam, Bhadra Rupak K, Bag Satyabrata, Pazhani Gururaja P, Das Bhabatosh, Basu Pallabi, Nagamani K, Nandy Ranjan K, Mukhopadhyay Asish K, Ramamurthy Thandavarayan
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio cholerae causes cholera outbreaks in endemic regions where the water quality and sanitation facilities remain poor. Apart from biotype and serotype changes, V. cholerae undergoes phase variation, which results in the generation of two morphologically different variants termed smooth and rugose. In this study, 12 rugose (R-VC) and 6 smooth (S-VC) V. cholerae O1 Ogawa isolates were identified in a cholera...
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