Epidemic of diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholerae non-O1 that produced heat-stable toxin among Khmers in a camp in Thailand.
An epidemic of a cholera-like disease occurred among Khmers in a camp in Aranyaprathet, Thailand, in May 1990. Of 215 patients with diarrhea, Vibrio cholerae O1 was isolated from 25 (12%) and V. cholerae non-O1 was isolated from 15 (7%). Five of 15 (33%) non-O1 V. cholerae isolates hybridized with two different oligonucleotide probes previously used to detect V. cholerae non-O1 that produces a heat-stable toxin. This is the first description of an epidemic of diarrhea caused by V. cholerae non-O1 that produces heat-stable toxin.
United Nations Border Relief Organization, Aranyaprathet, Thailand.
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D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012703:Serotyping; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
D004768:Enterotoxins; C037420:stN protein, Vibrio cholerae