1. Recent Clonal Origin of Cholera in Haiti.
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Ali, Afsar, Yuansha Chen, Johnson, Judith A., Redden, Edsel, Mayette, Yfto, Rashid, Mohammed H., Stine, O. Colin, and Morris Jr., J. Glenn
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CHOLERA ,CHOLERA toxin ,DIARRHEA ,EPIDEMICS ,TOXINS - Abstract
Altered El Tor Vibrio cholerae O1, with classical cholera toxin B gene, was isolated from 16 patients with severe diarrhea at St. Mark's Hospital, Arbonite, Haiti, <3 weeks after onset of the current cholera epidemic. Variable-number tandem-repeat typing of 187 isolates showed minimal diversity, consistent with a point source for the epidemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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