Vibrio cholerae Serogroup O139: Isolation from Cholera Patients and Asymptomatic Household Family Members in Bangladesh between 2013 and 2014.

• Main Authors: Fahima Chowdhury (Author), Alison E Mather (Author), Yasmin Ara Begum (Author), Muhammad Asaduzzaman (Author), Nabilah Baby (Author), Salma Sharmin (Author), Rajib Biswas (Author), Muhammad Ikhtear Uddin (Author), Regina C LaRocque (Author), Jason B Harris (Author), Stephen B Calderwood (Author), Edward T Ryan (Author), John D Clemens (Author), Nicholas R Thomson (Author), Firdausi Qadri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Cholera is endemic in Bangladesh, with outbreaks reported annually. Currently, the majority of epidemic cholera reported globally is El Tor biotype Vibrio cholerae isolates of the serogroup O1. However, in Bangladesh, outbreaks attributed to V. cholerae serogroup O139 isolates, which fall...