Abstract
The microbes that accompany the etiologic agent of cholera, Vibrio cholerae, are only now being defined. In this study, spirochetes from the genus Brachyspira were identified at high titers in more than one third of cholera patients in Bangladesh. Spirochetosis should now be tracked in the setting of cholera outbreaks.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Bangladesh / epidemiology
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Base Sequence
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Brachyspira / classification
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Brachyspira / genetics
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Brachyspira / isolation & purification
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Cholera / complications*
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Cholera / epidemiology*
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Cholera / microbiology
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / complications*
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / microbiology
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DNA Primers / genetics
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DNA, Bacterial / genetics
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Feces / microbiology
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Genes, Bacterial
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / complications
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
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Humans
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Multienzyme Complexes / genetics
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NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / genetics
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Phylogeny
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Spirochaetales Infections / complications*
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Spirochaetales Infections / epidemiology*
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Spirochaetales Infections / microbiology
Substances
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DNA Primers
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DNA, Bacterial
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Multienzyme Complexes
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NADH oxidase
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NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases