Recent Clonal Origin of Cholera in Haiti

被引:44
作者
Ali, Afsar [1 ,4 ]
Chen, Yuansha
Johnson, Judith A.
Redden, Edsel
Mayette, Yfto [2 ]
Rashid, Mohammed H.
Stine, O. Colin [3 ]
Morris, J. Glenn, Jr. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Florida, Emerging Pathogens Inst, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA
[2] St Marks Hosp, Arbonite, Haiti
[3] Univ Maryland, Coll Med, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
[4] Univ Florida, Dept Environm & Global Hlth, Coll Publ Hlth & Hlth Profess, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
VIBRIO-CHOLERAE; VARIABLE-NUMBER; EL-TOR; OUTBREAK; STRAINS;
D O I
10.3201/eid1704.101973
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Altered El Tor Vibrio cholerae O1, with classical cholera toxin B gene, was isolated from 16 patients with severe diarrhea at St. Mark's Hospital, Arbonite, Haiti, < 3 weeks after onset of the current cholera epidemic. Variable-number tandem-repeat typing of 187 isolates showed minimal diversity, consistent with a point source for the epidemic.
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页码:699 / 701
页数:3
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