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

• Main Authors: Sivan Laviad-Shitrit (Author), Rotem Sela (Author), Leena Thorat (Author), Yehonatan Sharaby (Author), Ido Izhaki (Author), Bimalendu B Nath (Author), Malka Halpern (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...