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Characterization of Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae from Haiti, 2010–2011

Deborah Talkington

, Cheryl Bopp, Cheryl Tarr, Michele B. Parsons, Georges Dahourou, Molly Freeman, Kevin Joyce, Maryann Turnsek, Nancy Garrett, Michael Humphrys, Gerardo Gomez, Steven Stroika, Jacques Boncy, Benjamin Ochieng, Joseph Oundo, John Klena, Anthony Smith, Karen Keddy, and Peter Gerner-Smidt

Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (D. Talkington, C. Bopp, C. Tarr, M.B. Parsons, M. Freeman, K. Joyce, M. Turnsek, N. Garrett, M. Humphrys, G. Gomez, S. Stroika, P. Gerner-Smidt); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (G. Dahourou); CDC–Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya (B. Ochieng, J. Oundo); Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People’s Republic of China (J. Klena); Ministry of Public Health and Population, Port-au-Prince (J. Boncy); National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (A. Smith, K. Keddy)

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Table 3

SfiI and NotI PFGE patterns among toxigenic Vibrio cholerae isolates from Haiti, by department and collection date, 2010–2011*

PFGE types	No. (%) isolates
	All	2010 Oct 26	2010 Nov 26	2011 Jan 27	2011 Feb 9	Artibonite only		West Department only
	All	2010 Oct 26	2010 Nov 26	2011 Jan 27	2011 Feb 9	2010 Oct 26	2010 Nov 26	2010 Nov 26	2011 Jan 27	2011 Feb 9
SfiI types
KZGS12.0088	130 (87.2)	16 (100)	76 (82.6)	27 (90.0)	11 (100)	16 (100)	16 (84.2)	35 (81.4)	21 (87.5)	8 (100)
KZGS12.0089	8 (5.4)	0	8 (8.7)	0	0	0	2 (10.5)	3 (7.0)	0	0
KZGS12.0097†	7 (4.7)	0	4 (4.3)	3 (10.0)	0	0	0	3 (7.0)	3 (12.5)	0
KZGS12.0063†	1 (0.7)	0	1 (1.1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
KZGS12.0158†	1 (0.7)	0	1 (1.1)	0	0	0	1 (5.3)	0	0	0
KZGS12.0159†	1 (0.7)	0	1 (1.1)	0	0	0	0	1 (2.3)	0	0
KZGS12.0160†	1 (0.7)	0	1 (1.1)	0	0	0	0	1 (2.3)	0	0
NotI types
KZGN11.0092	137 (91.9)	15 (93.8)	85 (92.4)	26 (86.7)	11 (100)	15 (93.8)	19 (100)	36 (83.7)	21 (87.5)	8 (100)
KZGN11.0034†	5 (3.4)	1 (6.3)	4 (4.3)	0	0	1 (6.3)	0	4 (9.3)	0	0
KZGN11.0142†	4 (2.7)	0	0	4 (13.3)	0	0	0	0	3 (12.5)	0
KZGN11.0124†	2 (1.3)	0	2 (2.2)	0	0	0	0	2 (4.7)	0	0
KZGN11.0134†	1 (0.7)	0	1 (1.1)	0	0	0	0	1 (2.3)	0	0
SfiI/NotI combinations
KZGS12.0088/KZGN11.0092	123 (82.6)	15 (93.8)	73 (79.3)	24 (80.0)	11 (100)	15 (93.8)	16 (84.2)	32 (74.4)	19 (79.2)	8 (100)
KZGS12.0089/KZGN11.0092	8 (5.4)	0	8 (8.7)	0	0	0	2 (10.5)	3 (7.0)	0	0
KZGS12.0097/KZGN11.0092†	4 (2.7)	0	2 (2.2)	2 (6.7)	0	0	0	1 (2.3)	2 (8.3)	0
KZGS12.0088/KZGN11.0142†	3 (2.0)	0	0	3 (10.0)	0	0	0	0	2 (8.3)	0
KZGS12.0088/KZGN11.0034†	4 (2.7)	1 (6.3)	3 (3.3)	0	0	1 (6.3)	0	3 (7.0)	0	0
KZGS12.0097/KZGN11.0124†	2 (1.3)	0	2 (2.2)	0	0	0	0	2 (4.7)	0	0
KZGS12.0063/KZGN11.0092†	1 (0.7)	0	1 (1.1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
KZGS12.0097/KZGN11.0142†	1 (0.7)	0	0	1 (3.3)	0	0	0	0	1 (4.2)	0
KZGS12.0158/KZGN11.0092†	1 (0.7)	0	1 (1.1)	0	0	0	1 (5.3)	0	0	0
KZGS12.0159/KZGN11.0034†	1 (0.7)	0	1 (1.1)	0	0	0	0	1 (2.3)	0	0
KZGS12.0160/KZGN11.0134†	1 (0.7)	0	1 (1.1)	0	0	0	0	1 (2.3)	0	0 PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. †Unique PFGE patterns first seen in this outbreak. PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. †Unique PFGE patterns first seen in this outbreak. *PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. †Unique PFGE patterns first seen in this outbreak.