Table 1.
Geographic source of V. cholerae O1 El Tor strains included in this study.
| Country | No. of strains | Source | Serotype | ||
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| Bangladesh | 169 | 50 | 119 | 33 | 136 |
| Brazil | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Haiti | 3 | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| India | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Mexico | 34 | - | 34 | 17 | 17 |
| Mozambique | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Nepal | 39 | 6 | 33 | - | 39 |
| Pakistan | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Peru | 3 | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 15 |
| Vietnam | 15 | - | 15 | - | 15 |
| Zambia | 9 | - | 9 | - | 9 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | - | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| n = 326 | |||||