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Heterogeneity in the organization of the CTX genetic element in strains of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal isolated from Calcutta, India and Dhaka, Bangladesh and its possible link to the dissimilar incidence of O139 cholera in the two locales.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Mar 1998
Basu A, Mukhopadhyay A K, Sharma C, Jyot J, Gupta N, Ghosh A, Bhattacharya S K, Takeda Y, Faruque A S, Albert M J, Balakrish Nair G
Abstract excerpt
After a lapse of 33 months, Vibrio cholerae O139, the new serogroup associated with cholera, has re-emerged in Calcutta, India and has become the dominant serogroup causing cholera from September 1996. In neighbouring Bangladesh, V. cholerae O1 biotype El Tor continues to be the dominant cause of...
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