News tagged with vibrio cholerae
Scientists reveal how cholera bacterium gains a foothold in the gut
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of biologists at the University of York has made an important advance in our understanding of the way cholera attacks the body. The discovery could help scientists target treatments for the globally ...
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Researchers describe how the cholera bacteria becomes infectious
In a new study, Dartmouth researchers describe the structure of a protein called ToxT that controls the virulent nature of Vibrio cholerae, the bacteria that causes cholera. Buried within ToxT, the researchers were surpri ...
Feb 12, 2010 |
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Fish may provide key to stopping disease spread, researcher says
A small fish may prove useful to understanding a worldwide health problem, if a Wayne State University researcher is correct.
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Cholera oyster outbreak sickens 11 in US
As many as 11 people have reported getting sick from eating raw oysters contaminated with cholera bacteria in northern Florida, officials said on Tuesday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 10, 2011 |
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New insight into predicting cholera epidemics in the Bengal Delta
Cholera, an acute diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, has reemerged as a global killer. Outbreaks typically occur once a year in Africa and Latin America. But in Bangladesh the epidemics occur twice ...
Nov 04, 2009 |
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The tiny difference in the genes of bacteria
Every year, diarrhea causes around five million fatalities worldwide. Most people die due to pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria or viruses, which were ingested into the gastro-intestinal tract through contaminated ...
Jun 30, 2009 |
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