Sequencing Shows World's Cholera Comes From Single Source
August 28, 2011
August 29, 2011 | By sequencing the genomes of 154 cholera bacteria samples, researchers at the Sanger Institute have identified a single global source: the Bay of Bengal. Falling sequencing prices enabled sequencing of all of the samples, which revealed that the global cholera pandemic originated in one spot, said Nick Thomson of the Sanger Institute. BBC