The 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti: how science solved a controversy

The stool samples collected by the Haiti National Public Health Laboratory from cholera patients at the start of the outbreak were sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for analysis. First was that genome sequencing was used only in the later steps of the investigation, not...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS pathogens 2014-04, Vol.10 (4), p.e1003967-e1003967
Hauptverfasser:	Orata, Fabini D, Keim, Paul S, Boucher, Yan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacteriology Biology and Life Sciences Cholera Cholera - epidemiology Cholera - history Cholera - microbiology Disease Outbreaks - history Disease transmission Earthquakes Epidemics Genomics Haiti History, 21st Century Humans Infection control Methods Pandemics Pearls Prevention Vibrio cholerae
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Zusammenfassung:	The stool samples collected by the Haiti National Public Health Laboratory from cholera patients at the start of the outbreak were sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for analysis. First was that genome sequencing was used only in the later steps of the investigation, not as a "first responder" screening method for identification of infectious agents.
ISSN:	1553-7374 1553-7366 1553-7374
DOI:	10.1371/journal.ppat.1003967