Sentences with phrase «cholerae o1»
Among the arrivals they looked at were two strains of the bacterium that causes human cholera, Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139.
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Until now, Vibrio cholerae O1 was the only organism causing cholera epidemics.
This is because while many adults in areas where there have been V. cholerae O1 epidemics have developed some immunity to this strain, they lack immunity to the new O139 vibrio.
Not exact matches
It appears that the routes of transmission of V. cholerae O139 are the same as for the O1 vibrio.