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Published online 6 June 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020603-2
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Cholera needs guts to survive
Human stomach boosts cholera bacterium's infectivity.
Human digestive juices switch on genes in cholera bacteria that make the microbes hundreds of times more infectious, new research suggests. The finding identifies potential targets for cholera vaccines or diagnostic tests
Vibrio cholerae bacteria infect between 100,000 and 300,000 people each year, causing acute vomiting and diarrhoea.
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