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Evolution of Seventh Cholera Pandemic and Origin of 1991 Epidemic, Latin America |
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| Authors: | Connie Lam Sophie Octavia Peter Reeves Lei Wang Ruiting Lan |
| Affiliation: | Author affiliations: University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (C. Lam, S. Octavia, R. Lan);;niversity of Sydney, Sydney (P. Reeves);;Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China (L. Wang) |
| Abstract: | Thirty single-nucleotide polymorphisms were used to track the spread of the seventh pandemic caused by Vibrio cholerae. Isolates from the 1991 epidemic in Latin America shared a profile with 1970s isolates from Africa, suggesting a possible origin in Africa. Data also showed that the observed genotypes spread easily and widely. |
| Keywords: | Bacteria Vibrio cholerae enteric infections cholera single nucleotide polymorphisms pandemic Latin America dispatch |