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Persistence of cholera in the United States
W X Shandera et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1983 Jul.
Abstract
In 1973, 1978, and 1981, cases of cholera were acquired along the Gulf Coast of the United States. The isolates from all of the cases were toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O-group 1, biotype El Tor, serotype Inaba, hemolytic, and of the same phage sensitivity pattern, and all had the same restriction endonuclease pattern by molecular genetic analysis. The strain from one of the two 1981 cases differed from the others in having a small plasmid and a negative Voges-Proskauer reaction. Multiple importations, chronic carriers, and continuous occurrence of undetected cases are unlikely explanations for these findings, which suggest that toxigenic V. cholerae 01 can multiply and persist for years in some environments, making eradication of cholera a formidable task.
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