The origin of the Haitian cholera outbreak strain

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-42

  Chin, Chen Shan ^a   Sorenson, Jon ^a   Harris, Jason B ^b,d   Robins, William P ^d   Charles, Richelle C ^b,d   Jean Charles, Roger R ^f   Bullard, James ^a   Webster, Dale R ^a   Kasarskis, Andrew ^a   Peluso, Paul ^a   Paxinos, Ellen E ^a   Yamaichi, Yoshiharu ^c,d   Calderwood, Stephen B ^b,d   Mekalanos, John J ^d   Schadt, Eric E ^a   Waldor, Matthew K ^c,d,e  

^a PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Fondation Pour le Développement des Universités et de la Recherche en Haïti

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHOLERA; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HAITI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 78650854393     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1012928     Document Type: Article

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