start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=19 cd-vols= no-issue=3 article-no= start-page=464 end-page=467 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2013 dt-pub=201303 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 serogroups and cholera-like diarrhea, Kolkata, India en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= We identified 281 Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 strains from patients with diarrhea in Kolkata, India. Cholera-like diarrhea was the major symptom (66.0%); some patients (20.3%) had severe dehydration. These strains lacked the ctxA gene but many had hlyA, rtxA, and rtxC genes. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed no genetic link among strains. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=DuttaDevarati en-aut-sei=Dutta en-aut-mei=Devarati kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=ChowdhuryGoutam en-aut-sei=Chowdhury en-aut-mei=Goutam kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=PazhaniGururaja P. en-aut-sei=Pazhani en-aut-mei=Gururaja P. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=GuinSucharita en-aut-sei=Guin en-aut-mei=Sucharita kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=DuttaSanjucta en-aut-sei=Dutta en-aut-mei=Sanjucta kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=GhoshSantanu en-aut-sei=Ghosh en-aut-mei=Santanu kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name=RajendranK. en-aut-sei=Rajendran en-aut-mei=K. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= en-aut-name=NandyRanjan K. en-aut-sei=Nandy en-aut-mei=Ranjan K. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=8 ORCID= en-aut-name=MukhopadhyayAsish K. en-aut-sei=Mukhopadhyay en-aut-mei=Asish K. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=9 ORCID= en-aut-name=BhattacharyaMihir K. en-aut-sei=Bhattacharya en-aut-mei=Mihir K. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=10 ORCID= en-aut-name=MitraUtpala en-aut-sei=Mitra en-aut-mei=Utpala kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=11 ORCID= en-aut-name=TakedaYoshifumi en-aut-sei=Takeda en-aut-mei=Yoshifumi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=12 ORCID= en-aut-name=NairG. Balakrish en-aut-sei=Nair en-aut-mei=G. Balakrish kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=13 ORCID= en-aut-name=RamamurthyThandavarayan en-aut-sei=Ramamurthy en-aut-mei=Thandavarayan kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=14 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil=ational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata kn-affil= affil-num=2 en-affil=ational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata kn-affil= affil-num=3 en-affil=ational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata kn-affil= affil-num=4 en-affil=ational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata kn-affil= affil-num=5 en-affil=ational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata kn-affil= affil-num=6 en-affil=ational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata kn-affil= affil-num=7 en-affil=ational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata kn-affil= affil-num=8 en-affil=ational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata kn-affil= affil-num=9 en-affil=ational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata kn-affil= affil-num=10 en-affil=ational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata kn-affil= affil-num=11 en-affil=ational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata kn-affil= affil-num=12 en-affil=ational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata kn-affil= affil-num=13 en-affil=Translational Health Science and Technology Institute kn-affil= affil-num=14 en-affil=ational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata kn-affil= END