Spread of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal in India

Vibrio cholerae serogroup O139 Bengal, a novel strain with epidemic potential, completely displaced V. cholerae serogroup 01 in Calcutta in January 1993, which was followed by an epidemic caused by V. cholerae O139 in March-May 1993. From November 1992 to July 1993, 95.6% of 916 V. cholerae isolates...

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Published in:The Journal of infectious diseases 1994-05, Vol.169 (5), p.1029-1034
Main Authors: Nair, G. Balakrish, Ramamurthy, T., Bhattacharya, S. K., Mukhopadhyay, Asish K., Garg, Surabhi, Bhattacharya, M. K., Takeda, Tae, Shimada, Toshio, Takeda, Yoshifumi, Deb, B. C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Blood
Child
Cholera
Cholera - epidemiology
Cholera - microbiology
Cholera - transmission
Diarrhea
Disease Outbreaks
Dysentery
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Female
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
India - epidemiology
Infections
Infectious diseases
Major Articles
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pathogens
Serotyping
Shigella
Tropical bacterial diseases
Tropical medicine
Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio cholerae - classification
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Summary:Vibrio cholerae serogroup O139 Bengal, a novel strain with epidemic potential, completely displaced V. cholerae serogroup 01 in Calcutta in January 1993, which was followed by an epidemic caused by V. cholerae O139 in March-May 1993. From November 1992 to July 1993, 95.6% of 916 V. cholerae isolates submitted to the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases from 28 locations in India were confirmed as serogroup O139. As of July 1993, F. cholerae O139 had been isolated from 13 Indian states and a union territory, and large outbreaks of cholera caused by the O139 serogroup had occurred in several cities. The extent of spread of V. cholerae O139 Bengal in India and its ability to swiftly disseminate leaves little doubt that this is the beginning of the eighth pandemic of cholera.
ISSN:0022-1899
1537-6613
DOI:10.1093/infdis/169.5.1029