Identification of chironomid species as natural reservoirs of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae strains with pandemic potential.

• 主要な著者: Sivan Laviad-Shitrit (著者), Rotem Sela (著者), Leena Thorat (著者), Yehonatan Sharaby (著者), Ido Izhaki (著者), Bimalendu B Nath (著者), Malka Halpern (著者)
• フォーマット: 図書
• 出版事項: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: article
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Vibrio cholerae causes the fatal cholera diarrhea. Chironomids (Diptera; Chironomidae) are abundant in freshwater aquatic habitats and estuaries and are natural reservoirs of V. cholerae. Until now, only the non-O1/O139 serogroups of V. cholerae were identified in chironomids. Here, we explored whet...