Scientists trace origin of recent cholera epidemic in Haiti

Friday, December 10, 2010 - 17:10 in Biology & Nature

The strain of cholera currently sweeping through post-earthquake Haiti originated in South Asia, conclude scientists who did a rapid genetic analysis of bacteria collected from Haitian patients. The finding supports the notion that the cholera bacteria fuelling the outbreak arrived on the island via recent visitors...

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