Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolated from the Sierra Leone cholera outbreak in 2012

Conclusions
This study demonstrates that altered variants of V. cholerae O1 of four clonal types were responsible for the 2012 outbreak of cholera in Sierra Leone.

Source: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - October 9, 2014 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Mahmud, Z. H., Islam, S., Zaman, R. U., Akter, M., Talukder, K. A., Bardhan, P. K., Khan, A. I., Rhodes, F. C., Kamara, A., Wurie, I. M., Alemu, W., Jambai, A., Faruque, S. M., Clemens, J. D., Islam, M. S. Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research