Cholera classification
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editors-In-Chief: Tarek Nafee, M.D. [2], Sara Mehrsefat, M.D. [3], Priyamvada Singh, MBBS [4]
Overview
Vibrio cholerae is classified into more than 200 serogroups. Only can cause epidemic cholera if they also produce the cholera toxin. Those two serogroups include serogroup O1 and serogroup O139.[1][2]
Classification
- Vibrio cholerae has many different types or serogroups
- Only two of which can cause epidemic cholera if they also produce the cholera toxin. Those two serogroups include:[1][2]
- Serogroup O1
- Serogroup O139 (found only in Asia)
- Serogroups which can cause a less severe diarrheal disease and does not have epidemic potential include:
- Non-O1 and non-O139 Vibrio cholerae (third most commonly reported group of Vibrio bacteria)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Morris, J. Glenn, et al. "Vibrio cholerae 01 can assume a chlorine-resistant rugose survival form that is virulent for humans." Journal of Infectious Diseases 174.6 (1996): 1364-1368.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wang, Jin, et al. "On the antigenic determinants of the lipopolysaccharides of Vibrio cholerae O: 1, serotypes Ogawa and Inaba." Journal of Biological Chemistry 273.5 (1998): 2777-2783