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A study from Dhaka found that Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor (ET) causing 7 th cholera pandemic was recently replaced in Bangladesh by altered ET possessing ctxB of the classical biotype that caused the first six cholera pandemics. On 24 th September of this year, Massachusetts (USA) health offic...

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Published in:Indian journal of medical microbiology 2012-10, Vol.30 (4), p.492-494
Main Author: Desikan, Prabha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Hospitals
Laboratories
Microbiology
Mortality
Nosocomial infections
Pandemics
Phylogenetics
Swine flu
Viruses
Workforce
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Summary:A study from Dhaka found that Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor (ET) causing 7 th cholera pandemic was recently replaced in Bangladesh by altered ET possessing ctxB of the classical biotype that caused the first six cholera pandemics. On 24 th September of this year, Massachusetts (USA) health officials confirmed a 2 nd death from mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis and a new case that brought the summer's total to seven cases of the disease < http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/09/24/family-amesbury-woman-dies-eee/HLgNr2t5qsPyugNoclf1gO/story.html >.
ISSN:0255-0857
1998-3646
DOI:10.1016/S0255-0857(21)00872-0