Cholera remains a major global public health challenge, with an estimated 1.3 to 4 million cases and tens of thousands of ...

High-protein diets rich in casein and wheat gluten may lower cholera infection risk by suppressing bacterial colonization and ...

The current study explored how macronutrients in the host diet are involved in gut colonization and competition by V.

The trial, led by a team of scientists and physicians at Mass General Brigham hospital in Boston, was investigating the ...

The deadly bacterium behind cholera epidemics spends only a fraction of its life infecting humans. Most of the time, Vibrio cholerae lurks in estuaries and other semisalty aquatic habitats.

The African CDC has recently warned of a surge in cholera cases across the continent. Cholera, caused by certain strains of V. cholerae, is a waterborne infection that spreads rapidly, particularly in ...

A team of scientists and physicians at Mass General Brigham has developed a single-dose oral cholera vaccine and tested it in ...

Natural antimicrobials called microcins are produced by bacteria in the gut and show promise in fighting infection. On the left, a Vibrio cholerae strain that produces the antimicrobial MvcC (center) ...

Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with Vibrio cholerae. People can get sick when they swallow food or water contaminated with cholera bacteria. A new study ...

On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into the water to collect a sample for studying aquatic microbes. Workers nearby ...