Clonal Origins of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor Strains, Papua New Guinea, 2009–2011
- Paul F. Horwood
- Deirdre Collins
- Marinjho H. Jonduo
- Alexander Rosewell
- Samir R. Dutta
- Rosheila Dagina
- Berry Ropa
- Peter M. Siba
- Andrew R. Greenhill
Publication date
November 2011
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
We used multilocus sequence typing and variable number tandem repeat analysis to determine the clonal origins of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains from an outbreak of cholera that began in 2009 in Papua New Guinea. The epidemic is ongoing, and transmission risk is elevated within the Pacific region
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