Environmental reservoirs and mechanisms of persistence of Vibrio cholerae

• Main Authors: Noorian, Parisa, Erken, Martina, Lutz, Carla, Sun, Shuyang, McDougald, Diane
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Bacteria
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101820; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18774
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

It is now well accepted that Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of the water-borne disease cholera, is acquired from environmental sources where it persists between outbreaks of the disease. Recent advances in molecular technology have demonstrated that this bacterium can be detected in areas wher...