Phylogenetic Diversity of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Vibrio cholerae</named-content> Associated with Endemic Cholera in Mexico from 1991 to 2008

ABSTRACT An outbreak of cholera occurred in 1991 in Mexico, where it had not been reported for more than a century and is now endemic. Vibrio cholerae O1 prototype El Tor and classical strains coexist with altered El Tor strains (1991 to 1997). Nontoxigenic (CTX−) V. cholerae El Tor dominated toxige...

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Main Authors: Seon Young Choi, Shah M. Rashed, Nur A. Hasan, Munirul Alam, Tarequl Islam, Abdus Sadique, Fatema-Tuz Johura, Mark Eppinger, Jacques Ravel, Anwar Huq, Alejandro Cravioto, Rita R. Colwell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-05-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02160-15