Characterization of highly virulent multidrug resistant Vibrio cholerae isolated from a large cholera outbreak in Ghana

Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate the virulent factors of Vibrio cholerae which caused an unprecedented large cholera outbreak in Ghana in 2014 and progressed into 2015, affected 28,975 people with 243 deaths. Results The V. cholerae isolates were identified to be the c...

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Main Authors: Patrick Kwame Feglo, Miriam Sewurah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-2923-z