title: Vibrio cholerae/mimicus in fecal microbiota of healthy children in a cholera endemic urban slum setting in Kolkata, India.
abstract: During a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled probiotic trial among 3758 children residing in an urban slum in Kolkata, India, Vibrio cholerae/mimicus was detected in fecal microbiota of healthy children. The importance of this finding in the local, regional and global transmission of cholera is discussed.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Yaho, Kunitachi, Tokyo, 186-8650, Japan.
authors.forename: Gopinath Balakrish
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Thandavarayan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ramamurthy
authors.forename: Dipika
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sur
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurakawa
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nomoto
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D010919:Placebos / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011204:Poverty Areas; D019936:Probiotics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D044164:Vibrio mimicus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D010919:Placebos