title: Cholera: nice bacteria and bad viruses.
abstract: The genes coding for cholera toxin are borne on, and can be infectiously transmitted by, a filamentous bacteriophage, raising intriguing questions about the mechanisms and evolution of bacterial pathogenesis, and the taxonomy, epidemiology and control of cholera and other bacterial diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Tauxe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D002771:Cholera / Q000382:microbiology*; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000235:genetics*; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D002772:Cholera Toxin