title: Evolution of seventh cholera pandemic and origin of 1991 epidemic, Latin America.
abstract: Thirty single-nucleotide polymorphisms were used to track the spread of the seventh pandemic caused by Vibrio cholerae. Isolates from the 1991 epidemic in Latin America shared a profile with 1970s isolates from Africa, suggesting a possible origin in Africa. Data also showed that the observed genotypes spread easily and widely.
authors.affiliation: University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia.
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Octavia
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ruiting
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lan
mesh_terms: D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D013997:Time Factors; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000235:genetics