Cholera Outbreaks

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 co