Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2011)

Molecular Subtyping in Cholera Outbreak, Laos, 2010

  • Noikaseumsy Sithivong,
  • Tomoko Morita-Ishihara,
  • Arounnapha Vongdouangchanh,
  • Traykhouane Phouthavane,
  • Khampheng Chomlasak,
  • Lay Sisavath,
  • Bouaphanh Khamphaphongphane,
  • Bounthanom Sengkeopraseuth,
  • Phengta Vongprachanh,
  • Onechanh Keosavanh,
  • Kongmany Southalack,
  • Lee Jiyoung,
  • Reiko Tsuyuoka,
  • Makoto Ohnishi,
  • Hidemasa Izumiya

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1711.110280
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 11
pp. 2060 – 2062

Abstract

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A cholera outbreak in Laos in July 2010 involved 237 cases, including 4 deaths. Molecular subtyping indicated relatedness between the Vibrio cholerae isolates in this and in a 2007 outbreak, uncovering a clonal group of V. cholerae circulating in the Mekong basin. Our finding suggests the subtyping methods will affect this relatedness.

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