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High prevalence of spirochetosis in cholera patients, Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis 2009 Apr;15(4):571-3

Date

04/01/2009

Pubmed ID

19331734

Pubmed Central ID

PMC2671413

DOI

10.3201/eid1504.081214

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-65349094714 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   10 Citations

Abstract

The microbes that accompany the etiologic agent of cholera, Vibrio cholerae, are only now being defined. In this study, spirochetes from the genus Brachyspira were identified at high titers in more than one third of cholera patients in Bangladesh. Spirochetosis should now be tracked in the setting of cholera outbreaks.

Author List

Nelson EJ, Tanudra A, Chowdhury A, Kane AV, Qadri F, Calderwood SB, Coburn J, Camilli A

Author

Jenifer Coburn PhD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Bangladesh
Base Sequence
Brachyspira
Cholera
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
DNA Primers
DNA, Bacterial
Feces
Genes, Bacterial
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
Humans
Multienzyme Complexes
NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases
Phylogeny
Spirochaetales Infections