Evolution of seventh cholera pandemic and origin of 1991 epidemic, Latin America.

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.

SUBMITTER: Lam C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3321917 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature