Open AccessThe Origin of the Haitian Cholera Outbreak Strain
Author(s) -
Chen-Shan Chin,
Jon M. Sorenson,
Jason B. Harris,
William P. Robins,
Richelle C. Charles,
Roger R. JeanCharles,
James W. Bullard,
Dale R. Webster,
Andrew Kasarskis,
Paul Peluso,
Ellen E. Paxinos,
Yoshiharu Yamaichi,
Stephen B. Calderwood,
John J. Mekalanos,
Eric E. Schadt,
Matthew K. Waldor
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1012928
Subject(s) - cholera , outbreak , strain (injury) , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , anatomy
Although cholera has been present in Latin America since 1991, it had not been epidemic in Haiti for at least 100 years. Recently, however, there has been a severe outbreak of cholera in Haiti.
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