Analysis of Vibrio cholerae isolates from the Northern Cape province of South Africa

J Med Microbiol. 2009 Jan;58(Pt 1):151-154. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.000331-0.

Authors

Anthony M Smith¹, Arvinda Sooka¹, Husna Ismail¹, Sandrama Nadan¹, Noreen Crisp², Eunice Weenink³, Karen H Keddy¹, For The Group For Enteric Respiratory And Meningeal Disease Surveillance In South Africa Germs-Sa¹

Affiliations

¹ Enteric Diseases Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases and University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag X4, Sandringham, South Africa.
² Communicable Disease Control, Department of Health, Kimberley, South Africa.
³ National Health Laboratory Service, Kimberley, South Africa.

PMID: 19074670
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000331-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Cholera / complications
Cholera / epidemiology
Cholera / microbiology*
Escherichia coli Infections / complications
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
South Africa / epidemiology
Vibrio cholerae / classification*
Vibrio cholerae / isolation & purification
Water Microbiology