World Health Organization, 2006. Cholera 2005. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 81: 297– 308.
Mukhopadhyay AK, Garg S, Mitra R, Basu A, Rajendran K, Dutta D, Bhattacharya SK, Shimada T, Takeda T, Takeda Y, Nair GB, 1996. Temporal shifts in the traits of Vibrio cholerae strains isolated from hospitalized patients in Calcutta: a 3 year (1993–1995) analysis. J Clin Microbiol 34: 2537– 2543.
World Health Organization Scientific Working Group, 1980. Cholera and other Vibrio associated diarrhoeas. Bull World Health Organ 58: 353– 374.
Peerapur BV, Srikant B, Sajjan AG, Patil SK, Mangalgi SS, Mantur BG, 1996. An outbreak of cholera in Bijapur. Indian J Med Microbiol 14: 221– 222.
Saini S, Arora DR, Sikka R, Kundra N, 1995. Bacteriological study of cholera in Rohtak for five years. Indian J Med Microbiol 13: 187– 188.
Longini IM Jr, Yunus M, Zaman K, Siddique AK, Sack RB, Nizam A, 2002. Epidemic and endemic cholera trends over a 33-year period in Bangladesh. J Infect Dis 186: 246– 251.
Sugunan AP, Ghosh AR, Roy S, Gupte MD, Sehgal SC, 2004. A cholera epidemic among the Nicobarese tribe of Nancowry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. Am J Trop Med Hyg 71: 822– 827.
Sugunan AP, Roy S, Shahina M, Shah WA, Bharadwaj AP, Singh SS, Thanasekaran K, Sathya Prakash M, Vijayachari P, 2007. Emergence of Vibrio cholerae O1 Inaba in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. J Public Health 29: 308– 309.
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, 2007. Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility Tests. Approved standard M2–A10. Wayne, PA: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute.
Faruque ASG, Alam K, Malek MA, Khan MGD, Ahmed S, Saha D, Khan WA, Nair GB, Salam MA, Luby SP, Sack DA, 2007. Emergence of multidrug-resistant strain of Vibrio cholerae O1 in Bangladesh and reversal of their susceptibility to tetracycline after two years. J Health Popul Nutr 25: 241– 243.
Sechi LA, Dupre I, Deriu A, Fadda G, Zanetti S, 2000. Distribution of Vibrio cholerae virulence genes among different Vibrio species isolated in Sardinia, Italy. J Appl Microbiol 88: 475– 481.
Roy S, Biswas D, Vijayachari P, Sugunan AP, Sehgal SC, 2004. A 22-mer primer enhances discriminatory power of AP-PCR fingerprinting technique in characterization of leptospires. Trop Med Int Health 9: 1203– 1209.
Sharma C, Nair GB, Mukhopadhyay AK, Bhattacharya SK, Ghosh RK, Ghosh A, 1997. Molecular characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor strains isolated between 1992 and 1995 in Calcutta, India: evidence for the emergence of a new clone of the El Tor biotype. J Infect Dis 175: 1134– 1141.
Das S, Saha R, Kaur IR, 2008. Trend of antibiotic resistance of Vibrio cholerae strains from East Delhi. Indian J Med Res 127: 478– 482.
Akond MA, Alam S, Hasan SMR, Uddin SN, Shirin M, 2008. Antibiotic resistance of Vibrio cholerae from poultry sources of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Advan Biol Res 2: 60– 67.
Mishra M, Mohammed F, Akulwar SL, Katkar VJ, Tankhiwale NS, Powar RM, 2004. Re-emergence of El Tor Vibrio in outbreak of cholera in and around Nagpur. Indian J Med Res 120: 478– 480.
Faruque SM, Chowdhury N, Kamruzzaman M, Dziejman M, Rahman MH, Sack DA, Nair GB, Mekalanos JJ, 2004. Genetic diversity and virulence potential of environmental Vibrio cholerae population in a cholera-endemic area. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101: 2123– 2128.
Alam M, Sultana M, Nair GB, Sack RB, Sack DA, Siddique AK, Ali A, Huq A, Colwell RR, 2006. Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in the aquatic environment of Mathbaria, Bangladesh. Appl Environ Microbiol 72: 2849– 2855.
Tran HD, Alam M, Vu Trung N, Van Kinh N, Nguyen HH, Pham VC, Ansaruzzaman M, Rashed SM, Bhuiyan NA, Dao TT, Endtz HP, Wertheim HF, 2012. Multidrug-resistant Vibrio cholerae O1 variant El Tor isolated in northern Vietnam between 2007 and 2010. J Med Microbiol 61: 431– 437.
Ghosh A, Ramamurthy T, 2011. Antimicrobials and cholera: are we stranded? Indian J Med Res 133: 225– 231.
Bhattacharya D, Sugunan AP, Thanasekaran K, Bhattacharjee H, Thamizhmani R, Sayi DS, Manimunda SP, Ghosh AR, Bharadwaj AP, Roy S, 2012. Antimicrobial resistance in Shigella: rapid increase in frequency and widening of spectrum in Andaman Islands. Indian J Med Res 135: 365– 370.
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Financial support: This study was supported by the Indian Council of Medical Research (Project no. 5/8-1(209)/D/2006/ECD-II).
Disclosure: The authors do not have any commercial or other associations that may pose a conflict of interest.
Authors' addresses: Debdutta Bhattacharya, D. S. Sayi, R Thamizhmani, Haimanti Bhattacharjee, and A. P. Sugunan, Regional Medical Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands India, E-mails: debdutta_0408@yahoo.co.in, sayidev4u@yahoo.co.in, mailmethamizh@rediffmail.com, haimanti0408@gmail.com, and sugunanap@icmr.org.in or pblicmr@sancharnet.in. A. P. Bharadwaj, Chirayu Child Care Centre, Pediatric, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, E-mail: bharadwaj_ap@yahoo.com. Avijit Roy, Directorate of Health Service, Andaman and Nicobar Administration, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, E-mail: deputydirectorhealth@gmail.com.
World Health Organization, 2006. Cholera 2005. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 81: 297– 308.
Mukhopadhyay AK, Garg S, Mitra R, Basu A, Rajendran K, Dutta D, Bhattacharya SK, Shimada T, Takeda T, Takeda Y, Nair GB, 1996. Temporal shifts in the traits of Vibrio cholerae strains isolated from hospitalized patients in Calcutta: a 3 year (1993–1995) analysis. J Clin Microbiol 34: 2537– 2543.
World Health Organization Scientific Working Group, 1980. Cholera and other Vibrio associated diarrhoeas. Bull World Health Organ 58: 353– 374.
Peerapur BV, Srikant B, Sajjan AG, Patil SK, Mangalgi SS, Mantur BG, 1996. An outbreak of cholera in Bijapur. Indian J Med Microbiol 14: 221– 222.
Saini S, Arora DR, Sikka R, Kundra N, 1995. Bacteriological study of cholera in Rohtak for five years. Indian J Med Microbiol 13: 187– 188.
Longini IM Jr, Yunus M, Zaman K, Siddique AK, Sack RB, Nizam A, 2002. Epidemic and endemic cholera trends over a 33-year period in Bangladesh. J Infect Dis 186: 246– 251.
Sugunan AP, Ghosh AR, Roy S, Gupte MD, Sehgal SC, 2004. A cholera epidemic among the Nicobarese tribe of Nancowry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. Am J Trop Med Hyg 71: 822– 827.
Sugunan AP, Roy S, Shahina M, Shah WA, Bharadwaj AP, Singh SS, Thanasekaran K, Sathya Prakash M, Vijayachari P, 2007. Emergence of Vibrio cholerae O1 Inaba in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. J Public Health 29: 308– 309.
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, 2007. Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility Tests. Approved standard M2–A10. Wayne, PA: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute.
Faruque ASG, Alam K, Malek MA, Khan MGD, Ahmed S, Saha D, Khan WA, Nair GB, Salam MA, Luby SP, Sack DA, 2007. Emergence of multidrug-resistant strain of Vibrio cholerae O1 in Bangladesh and reversal of their susceptibility to tetracycline after two years. J Health Popul Nutr 25: 241– 243.
Sechi LA, Dupre I, Deriu A, Fadda G, Zanetti S, 2000. Distribution of Vibrio cholerae virulence genes among different Vibrio species isolated in Sardinia, Italy. J Appl Microbiol 88: 475– 481.
Roy S, Biswas D, Vijayachari P, Sugunan AP, Sehgal SC, 2004. A 22-mer primer enhances discriminatory power of AP-PCR fingerprinting technique in characterization of leptospires. Trop Med Int Health 9: 1203– 1209.
Sharma C, Nair GB, Mukhopadhyay AK, Bhattacharya SK, Ghosh RK, Ghosh A, 1997. Molecular characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor strains isolated between 1992 and 1995 in Calcutta, India: evidence for the emergence of a new clone of the El Tor biotype. J Infect Dis 175: 1134– 1141.
Das S, Saha R, Kaur IR, 2008. Trend of antibiotic resistance of Vibrio cholerae strains from East Delhi. Indian J Med Res 127: 478– 482.
Akond MA, Alam S, Hasan SMR, Uddin SN, Shirin M, 2008. Antibiotic resistance of Vibrio cholerae from poultry sources of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Advan Biol Res 2: 60– 67.
Mishra M, Mohammed F, Akulwar SL, Katkar VJ, Tankhiwale NS, Powar RM, 2004. Re-emergence of El Tor Vibrio in outbreak of cholera in and around Nagpur. Indian J Med Res 120: 478– 480.
Faruque SM, Chowdhury N, Kamruzzaman M, Dziejman M, Rahman MH, Sack DA, Nair GB, Mekalanos JJ, 2004. Genetic diversity and virulence potential of environmental Vibrio cholerae population in a cholera-endemic area. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101: 2123– 2128.
Alam M, Sultana M, Nair GB, Sack RB, Sack DA, Siddique AK, Ali A, Huq A, Colwell RR, 2006. Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in the aquatic environment of Mathbaria, Bangladesh. Appl Environ Microbiol 72: 2849– 2855.
Tran HD, Alam M, Vu Trung N, Van Kinh N, Nguyen HH, Pham VC, Ansaruzzaman M, Rashed SM, Bhuiyan NA, Dao TT, Endtz HP, Wertheim HF, 2012. Multidrug-resistant Vibrio cholerae O1 variant El Tor isolated in northern Vietnam between 2007 and 2010. J Med Microbiol 61: 431– 437.
Ghosh A, Ramamurthy T, 2011. Antimicrobials and cholera: are we stranded? Indian J Med Res 133: 225– 231.
Bhattacharya D, Sugunan AP, Thanasekaran K, Bhattacharjee H, Thamizhmani R, Sayi DS, Manimunda SP, Ghosh AR, Bharadwaj AP, Roy S, 2012. Antimicrobial resistance in Shigella: rapid increase in frequency and widening of spectrum in Andaman Islands. Indian J Med Res 135: 365– 370.
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