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Small bowel (small intestine)

Infectious disorders

Vibrio

Reviewer: Hanni Gulwani, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 17 December 2012, last major update August 2012
Copyright: (c) 2003-2012, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

General
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● Vibrio cholerae, O1 or O139 serogroup, is noninvasive bacteria which produces enterotoxin causing watery diarrhea and cholera (Lancet 2012;379:2466)
● Transmitted via water, shellfish, person-to-person
● Spreads via pandemics

Electron microscopy images
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Various images

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