High Prevalence of Spirochetosis in Cholera Patients, Bangladesh

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Nelson, Eric J. ; Tanudra, Angela ; Chowdhury, Ashrafuzzaman ; Kane, Anne V. ; Qadri, Firdausi ; Calderwood, Stephen B. ; Coburn, Jenifer ; Camilli, Andrew
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Base Sequence Cholera Communicable Diseases, Emerging Dispatch DNA, Bacterial DNA Primers Feces Genes, Bacterial Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections Humans Multienzyme Complexes NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases Phylogeny Spirochaetales Infections

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(4):571-573.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Bangladesh
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ceddffa9d14ae52a50938885246b5f09782058235cc2b0a2e003200972a1cac3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17440/cdc_17440_DS1.pdf
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