Molecular epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae and campylobacters isolated in Asian countries

Vibrio cholerae and campylobacters are recognized as important water-borne and food-borne pathogens, respectively, associated with acute gastroenteritis. In this article, we describe the recent scenario of cholera on the basis of active surveillance conducted at the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric diseases, Kolkata, India with special reference to a newly emerged V. cholerae O1 El Tor variant and the recent molecular epidemiologic investigation related with Campylobacter and related organisms in Japan, Thailand and the People’s Republic of China.