Volume 14, Number 5—May 2008
Dispatch
Seasonal Cholera from Multiple Small Outbreaks, Rural Bangladesh
O. Colin Stine*
, Munirul Alam†, Li Tang*, G. Balakrish Nair†, A. Kasem Siddique†, Shah M. Faruque†, Anwar Huq‡, Rita Colwell*§, R. Bradley Sack§, and J. Glenn Morris*¶
, Munirul Alam†, Li Tang*, G. Balakrish Nair†, A. Kasem Siddique†, Shah M. Faruque†, Anwar Huq‡, Rita Colwell*§, R. Bradley Sack§, and J. Glenn Morris*¶Table 2
Sequence type (ST) variations among Vibrio cholerae O1 Inaba isolates from environmental and clinical sources by month of collection, Bangladesh, 2004–2005
| Location | Date | Source | No. ponds | No. isolates | No. STs | Variation* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathbaria | 2004 Dec | Environment | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0.08 |
| Bakerganj | 2004 Sep | Environment | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0.25 |
| Bakerganj | 2005 Apr | Environment | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0.29 |
| Bakerganj | 2004 Oct | Clinic | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | |
| Mathbaria | 2004 May | Clinic | 11 | 5 | 0.45 | |
| Mathbaria | 2004 Apr | Clinic | 8 | 4 | 0.50 | |
| Bakerganj | 2004 Dec | Clinic | 4 | 3 | 0.75 |
*Variation, no. STs/no. isolates.
