Emerging Infectious Diseases 2013-Mar
Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 serogroups and cholera-like diarrhea, Kolkata, India.
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We identified 281 Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 strains from patients with diarrhea in Kolkata, India. Cholera-like diarrhea was the major symptom (66.0%); some patients (20.3%) had severe dehydration. These strains lacked the ctxA gene but many had hlyA, rtxA, and rtxC genes. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed no genetic link among strains.