The Origin of the Haitian Cholera Outbreak Strain

Chen-Shan Chin , Jon Sorenson , Jason Harris , William Robins , Richelle Charles , Roger Jean-Charles , James Bullard , Dale Webster , Andrew Kasarskis , Paul Peluso (1) , Ellen Paxinos , Yoshiharu Yamaichi (2) , Stephen Calderwood , John Mekalanos (3) , Eric E. Schadt , Matthew Waldor (4, 2)

1 Pacific Biosciences [Menlo Park]
2 BWH - Brigham & Women’s Hospital [Boston]
3 HMS - Harvard Medical School [Boston]
4 HHMI - Howard Hughes Medical Institute [Boston]

Although cholera has been present in Latin America since 1991, it had not been epidemic in Haiti for at least 100 years. Recently, however, there has been a severe outbreak of cholera in Haiti.

Domaines: Bactériologie

Chen-Shan Chin, Jon Sorenson, Jason Harris, William Robins, Richelle Charles, et al.. The Origin of the Haitian Cholera Outbreak Strain. New England Journal of Medicine, 2011, 364 (1), pp.33-42. ⟨10.1056/NEJMoa1012928⟩. ⟨hal-02929594⟩