The 2010 Cholera Outbreak in Haiti: How Science Solved a Controversy

The article focuses on the genetic basis of the spread of cholera in Haiti which clarifies both the climatic and human transmission hypotheses explaining the origin of the disease after the January 12, 2010 earthquake. Topics include the role of the nonpathogenic Vibrio cholerae in cholera, studies supporting the human transmission hypothesis, and molecular study on the origin of Vibrio cholerae in the country. The use of genome sequencing as a tool for molecular epidemiology is considered.

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