Non-O1 Vibrio cholerae unlinked to cholera in Haiti

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 47, 2012, Pages

  Mekalanos, John J ^a   Robins, William ^a   Ussery, David W ^b   Davis, Brigid M ^c   Schadt, Eric ^d   Waldor, Matthew K ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAITI; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84869790827     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1212443109     Document Type: Letter

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