Dual infection with Vibrio cholerae serogroups O1 and O139

Vibrio cholerae serogroup O139 has been prevalent in India from the middle of 1992; since then, the 2 choleragenic V. cholerae serogroups O1 and O139 have been isolated concurrently from different patients. In March 1997 we isolated both serogroups from the same faecal sample. We are documenting thi...

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Published in:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1998-03, Vol.92 (2), p.185-185
Main Author: Jesudason, Mary V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Cholera
Cholera - microbiology
dual infection
Feces - microbiology
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
India
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Tropical bacterial diseases
Tropical medicine
Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio cholerae - classification
Vibrio cholerae - isolation & purification
Vibrio cholerae O1
Vibrio cholerae O139
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Summary:Vibrio cholerae serogroup O139 has been prevalent in India from the middle of 1992; since then, the 2 choleragenic V. cholerae serogroups O1 and O139 have been isolated concurrently from different patients. In March 1997 we isolated both serogroups from the same faecal sample. We are documenting this unusual finding.
ISSN:0035-9203
1878-3503
DOI:10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90741-6