Second-Pandemic Strain of Vibrio cholerae from the Philadelphia Cholera Outbreak of 1849
A draft genome of a second-pandemic V. cholerae strain was reconstructed with the use of a museum specimen from a victim of the 1849 cholera outbreak in Philadelphia. This strain was found to be of the O1 classical biotype. Cholera is a diarrheal disease caused by colonization of the intestines by c...
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| Vydané v: | The New England journal of medicine Ročník 370; číslo 4; s. 334 - 340 |
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| Hlavní autori: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | English |
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Waltham, MA
Massachusetts Medical Society
23.01.2014
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| Edícia: | Brief Report |
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| ISSN: | 0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406 |
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| Shrnutí: | A draft genome of a second-pandemic
V. cholerae
strain was reconstructed with the use of a museum specimen from a victim of the 1849 cholera outbreak in Philadelphia. This strain was found to be of the O1 classical biotype.
Cholera is a diarrheal disease caused by colonization of the intestines by cholera toxin–expressing strains of the waterborne enteric bacterium
V. cholerae
. An outbreak can arise suddenly, especially in vulnerable populations with compromised sanitation infrastructure, as in the devastating 2010 outbreak in Haiti.
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In 2012 alone,
V. cholerae
infected 3 million to 4 million people, killing nearly 100,000.
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Although all pathogenic
V. cholerae
strains possess a similar genomic backbone that may have facilitated adaptation to human intestinal mucosa,
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the predominant pathogenic strain, serogroup O1, harbors two genetically distinct biotypes: classical and El Tor (for descriptions of these and . . . |
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| ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 1533-4406 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/NEJMoa1308663 |