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Encyclopedia: Vibrio cholerae

V. cholerae was first isolated as the cause of cholera by Italian anatomist Filippo Pacini in 1854, but his discovery was not widely known until Robert Koch, working independently thirty years later, publicized the knowledge and the means of fighting the disease.

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How to say "Vibrio cholerae" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	コレラ菌
	(German)	Vibrio cholerae
	(Spanish)	Vibrio cholerae
	(French)	Vibrio cholerae
	(Italian)	Vibrio cholerae

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Cholera

Cholera (also called Asiatic cholera ) is a disease of the intestinal tract caused by the Vibrio..., but in severe cases, cholera can lead to death. About one million Vibrio cholerae bacteria must be... week. Vibrio cholerae causes disease by producing a toxin that disables the GTPase function of G...

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Integron

An integron is a gene capture system found in some bacteria. Pieces of DNA called gene cassettes can be incorporated, expressed, and disseminated. An integron with a large number of cassettes may be called a super-integron , as in Vibrio cholerae. A cassette may encode genes for antibiotic...

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El Tor

El Tor is the name given to a particular strain of Vibrio cholerae , the causative agent of cholera. Also known as O1 it has been the dominant strain in the seventh global pandemic. It is... non-O1, nonagglutinable vibrio (NAG) named O139 Bengal. It was first identified in Tamilnadu state...

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Phage

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Myocarditis

, gonococcus, Haemophilus influenzae , Tropheryma whipplei , and Vibrio cholerae ). Spirochetal...

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GTPase

chain. Their function is permanently activated by the cholera toxin, which is the cause of the fatal effects of infection with Vibrio cholerae . G i family. The i stands for inhibition of the...

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Gastroenteritis

antibiotics. Cholera, caused by Vibrio cholerae is another important cause of acute diarrhoeal illness...

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Bioterrorism

(e.g., Vibrio cholerae , Cryptosporidium parvum ) Category C Agents are pathogens that might be... definitions of terrorism itself. For instance, the distribution of cholera and smallpox infected blankets to...

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Foodborne illness

Salmonella spp. Shigella spp. Streptococcus Vibrio cholerae, including O1 and non-O1 Vibrio parahaemolyticus Vibrio vulnificus Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Exotoxins In... infections from Vibrio vulnificus, which can be found in oysters. Incubation period The delay between...

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