Major Shift of Toxigenic V. cholerae O1 from Ogawa to Inaba Serotype Isolated from Clinical and Environmental Samples in Haiti.

• Main Authors: Meer T Alam (Author), Shrestha S Ray (Author), Camille N Chun (Author), Zahara G Chowdhury (Author), Mohammed H Rashid (Author), Valery E Madsen Beau De Rochars (Author), Afsar Ali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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In October of 2010, an outbreak of cholera was confirmed in Haiti for the first time in more than a century. A single clone of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor serotype Ogawa strain was implicated as the cause. Five years after the onset of cholera, in October, 2015, we have discovered a...