Haitian Variant Vibrio cholerae O1 Strains Manifest Higher Virulence in Animal Models

Vibrio cholerae causes fatal diarrheal disease cholera in humans due to consumption of contaminated water and food. To instigate the disease, the bacterium must evade the host intestinal innate immune system; penetrate the mucus layer of the small intestine, adhere and multiply on the surface of mic...

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Main Authors: Priyanka Ghosh, Ritam Sinha, Prosenjit Samanta, Dhira Rani Saha, Hemanta Koley, Shanta Dutta, Keinosuke Okamoto, Amit Ghosh, T. Ramamurthy, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00111/full