Cholera hides sinister stowaway. (bacteriophage infects cholera bacterium)

Science News | June 29, 1996| | Copyright

Cholera has come nearly full circle, again. Beginning in Indonesia in 1961, the tireless traveler has almost completed its seventh circumnavigation of the globe since 1817, leaving freshly dug graves as evidence of its passage. In Latin America alone, cholera has claimed more than 10,000 lives since its landfall in Peru less than 6 years ago.

Now, scientists trying to determine what makes Vibrio cholerae so deadly and unstoppable have discovered that the virulent bacterium does not travel alone.

Deep inside it resides a viral stowaway packing all the genes needed ...

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