Evolution of seventh cholera pandemic and origin of 1991 epidemic, Latin America.
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.
Lam
Connie
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University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia.
Octavia
Sophie
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Reeves
Peter
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Wang
Lei
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Lan
Ruiting
R
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