Staying Alive: Vibrio cholerae's Cycle of Environmental Survival, Transmission, and Dissemination.
Published in Microbiology spectrum
Infectious diseases kill nearly 9 million people annually. Bacterial pathogens are responsible for a large proportion of these diseases, and the bacterial agents of pneumonia, diarrhea, and tuberculosis are leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Increasingly, the crucial role of nonhost environments in the life cycle of bacterial pathoge...
