Relationship between Distinct African Cholera Epidemics Revealed via MLVA Haplotyping of 337 Vibrio cholerae Isolates.

• Main Authors: Sandra Moore (Author), Berthe Miwanda (Author), Adodo Yao Sadji (Author), Hélène Thefenne (Author), Fakhri Jeddi (Author), Stanislas Rebaudet (Author), Hilde de Boeck (Author), Bawimodom Bidjada (Author), Jean-Jacques Depina (Author), Didier Bompangue (Author), Aaron Aruna Abedi (Author), Lamine Koivogui (Author), Sakoba Keita (Author), Eric Garnotel (Author), Pierre-Denis Plisnier (Author), Raymond Ruimy (Author), Nicholas Thomson (Author), Jean-Jacques Muyembe (Author), Renaud Piarroux (Author)
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• 出版: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Since cholera appeared in Africa during the 1970s, cases have been reported on the continent every year. In Sub-Saharan Africa, cholera outbreaks primarily cluster at certain hotspots including the African Great Lakes Region and West Africa.<h4>Methodology/princi...