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Imprint:	Heidelberg : Springer, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 263 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:	English
Series:	Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 0070-217X ; volume 379 Current topics in microbiology and immunology ; v. 379.
Subject:	Cholera. Epidemics. Cholera. Epidemics.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11085824

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Other authors / contributors:	Nair, G. Balakrish, editor. Takeda, Yoshifumi, 1935- editor.
ISBN:	9783642554049 3642554040 3642554032 9783642554032 9783642554032
Notes:	Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index at the end of each chapters. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 25, 2014).
Summary:	The most feared attribute of the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae is its ability to cause outbreaks that spread like wildfire, completely overwhelming public health systems and causing widespread suffering and death. This volume starts with a description of the contrasting patterns of outbreaks caused by the classical and El Tor biotypes of V. cholerae. Subsequent chapters examine cholera outbreaks in detail, including possible sources of infection and molecular epidemiology on three different continents, the emergence of new clones through the bactericidal selection process of lytic cholera phages, the circulation and transmission of clones of the pathogen during outbreaks, and novel approaches to modeling cholera outbreaks. A further contribution deals with the application of the genomic sciences to trace the spread of cholera epidemics and how this information can be used to control cholera outbreaks. The book closes with an analysis of the potential use of killed oral cholera vaccines to stop the spread of cholera outbreaks.
Other form:	Printed edition: 9783642554032
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-642-55404-9

Table of Contents:

Cholera Outbreaks in the Classical Biotype Era
Cholera Outbreaks in the El Tor Biotype Era and the Impact of the New El Tor variants
Cholera Outbreaks in India
Cholera Outbreaks in South East Asia
Cholera Outbreaks in Africa
The Cholera Outbreak in Haiti: Where and How Did it Begin?- Role of Phages in the Epidemiology of Cholera
Circulation and Transmission of Clones of Vibrio Cholerae During Cholera Outbreaks
Modelling Cholera Outbreaks
Genomic Science in Understanding Cholera Outbreaks and Evolution of Vibrio cholerae as a Human pathogen
When, How and Where Can Oral Cholera Vaccines be Used to Interrupt Cholera Outbreaks?

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