Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative pathogen1 that can cause foodborne disease. A publication by Scallan et al.2 in 2011 estimated that 84 human foodborne cholera cases, including 0 deaths, occur annually in the US.
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne cholera in the US and Canada include:
Karla J. Fullner Satchell, Northwestern University, USA
Paula Ivonne Watnick, Harvard & Children's Hospital Boston, USA (http://www.dfhcc.harvard.edu/membership/profile/member/1075/0/)
Brian Hammer, University of Michigan, USA (http://www.biology.gatech.edu/people/brian-hammer)
E. Fidelma Boyd, University of Delaware, USA (http://www.bio.udel.edu/people/fidelma-boyd.php)
Ronald K. Taylor, Dartmouth Medical School, USA
Michelle Dziejman, University of Rochester, USA (http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/?u=20001742)
John Mekalanos, Harvard, USA (http://micro.med.harvard.edu/faculty/mekalanos.html)
Claudia Hase, Oregon State University, USA (http://microbiology.science.oregonstate.edu/fac_Hase)
Anwar Huq, University of Maryland, USA (http://www.mpri.umd.edu/Huq/)
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne cholera in Europe include:
Strauch E, Institut für Lebensmittelhygiene, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
Sommer R, Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Water Hygiene, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne cholera in South and Latin America include:
Martínez J, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile
Centrón D, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Argentina
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne cholera in Asia and Australia include:
Nair GB, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Adib SM, Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Lebanon
Sharma M, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India
Additional resources on toxigenic Vibrio cholerae :
A number of key sources on Vibrio cholerae and cholera are available.
References
1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrio_cholerae
2Scallan et al. 2011.Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:7-15 PMID:21192848
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