Evidence for several waves of global transmission in the seventh cholera pandemic
Evidence for several waves of global transmission in the seventh cholera pandemic
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Mutreja, Ankur , Kim, Dong Wook , Thomson, Nicholas R. , Connor, Thomas R. , Lee, Je Hee , Kariuki, Samuel , Croucher, Nicholas J. , Choi, Seon Young , Harris, Simon R. , Lebens, Michael , Niyogi, Swapan Kumar , Kim, Eun Jin , Ramamurthy, T. , Chun, Jongsik , Wood, James L. N. , Clemens, John D. , Czerkinsky, Cecil , Nair, G. Balakrish , Holmgren, Jan , Parkhill, Julian and Dougan, Gordon
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Source of current cholera epidemic
Cholera has affected human populations for centuries, and the agent responsible,
Vibrio cholerae
, continues to infect millions each year. Using whole genome phylogeny, it is now shown that the current seventh epidemic originated in the Bay of Bengal in the 1950s and has spread through the world in three...
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Evidence for several waves of global transmission in the seventh cholera pandemic
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Kim, Dong Wook
Thomson, Nicholas R.
Connor, Thomas R.
Lee, Je Hee
Kariuki, Samuel
Croucher, Nicholas J.
Choi, Seon Young
Harris, Simon R.
Lebens, Michael
Niyogi, Swapan Kumar
Kim, Eun Jin
Ramamurthy, T.
Chun, Jongsik
Wood, James L. N.
Clemens, John D.
Czerkinsky, Cecil
Nair, G. Balakrish
Holmgren, Jan
Parkhill, Julian
Dougan, Gordon
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TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_gup_ub_gu_se_159303
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_gup_ub_gu_se_159303
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0028-0836,1476-4687
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1476-4687
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10.1038/nature10392
