Cholera transmission: the host, pathogen and bacteriophage dynamic

Key Points Vibrio cholerae is a facultative pathogen that has an environmental reservoir in aquatic ecosystems and a pathogenic phase in the human small intestine. It produces cholera toxin in the small intestine that results in massive secretory diarrhoea containing billions of vibrios per litre. C...

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Published in:	Nature reviews. Microbiology Vol. 7; no. 10; pp. 693 - 702
Main Authors:	Nelson, Eric J., Harris, Jason B., Glenn Morris, J., Calderwood, Stephen B., Camilli, Andrew
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.10.2009 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	Animals Antigens Aquatic ecosystems Bacteria Bacteriophages - physiology Biomedical and Life Sciences Cholera Cholera - epidemiology Cholera - immunology Cholera - microbiology Cholera - transmission Cholera toxin Development and progression Diarrhea Disease Disease transmission Epidemics Fatalities Fresh Water - microbiology Genomes Health aspects Homeostasis Host-parasite relationships Households Humans Immunity Immunity (Disease) Infectious Diseases Infectivity Intestine Life Sciences Mathematical models Medical Microbiology Medical research Medicine, Experimental Microbiology Mortality Outbreaks Parasitology Pathogens Phages Physiological aspects Population levels Predation Prey review-article Small intestine Toxins Vibrio cholerae Vibrio cholerae - genetics Vibrio cholerae - immunology Vibrio cholerae - pathogenicity Vibrio cholerae - virology Virology Virulence Waterborne diseases Zimbabwe - epidemiology Zimbabwe United States United States > US Massachusetts
ISSN:	1740-1526, 1740-1534, 1740-1534
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