@article {12907, title = {Seasonal Cholera from Multiple Small Outbreaks, Rural Bangladesh}, journal = {Emerging Infectious DiseasesEmerg Infect Dis}, volume = {14}, year = {2008}, month = {2008/05//}, pages = {831 - 833}, abstract = {Clinical and environmental Vibrio cholerae organisms collected from February 2004 through April 2005 were systematically isolated from 2 rural Bangladeshi locales. Their genetic relatedness was evaluated at 5 loci that contained a variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR). The observed minimal overlap in VNTR patterns between the 2 communities was consistent with sequential, small outbreaks from local sources.}, isbn = {1080-6040}, doi = {10.3201/eid1405.071116}, author = {Stine,O. Colin and Alam,Munirul and Tang,Li and Nair,G. Balakrish and Siddique,A. Kasem and Faruque,Shah M. and Huq,Anwar and Rita R Colwell and Sack,R. Bradley and Morris,J. Glenn} }