Virulence factors in environmental and clinical Vibrio cholerae from endemic areas in Kenya

Since the year 1971, Kenya has had repeated cholera outbreaks. However, the cause of seasonal epidemics of cholera is not fully understood and neither are the factors that drive epidemics, both in Kenya and globally. The objectives of the study were to determine the environmental reservoirs of V. ch...

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Published in:African journal of laboratory medicine 2014-07, Vol.3 (2), p.1-1
Main Authors: Kimani, Racheal W, T Muigai, Anne W, Sang, Willie, Kiiru, John N, Kariuki, Samuel
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