Vibrio cholerae pathogenic clones.(DISPATCHES)

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: November 1, 2005| Author: Lan, Ruiting; Reeves, Peter R.; Salim, Anna | Copyright information

We resolved the relationships between 2 pandemic clones of Vibrio cholerae. Using 26 housekeeping genes, we showed that the US Gulf clone, the Australian clone, and 3 El Tor strains isolated before the seventh pandemic were related to the seventh pandemic clone. The sixth pandemic clone was well separated from them.

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Cholera caused by Vibrio cholerae is a major disease that has caused great fear since the first recorded pandemic in 1817 because of t...

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