Vibrio cholerae Invasion Dynamics of the Chironomid Host Are Strongly Influenced by Aquatic Cell Density and Can Vary by Strain
ABSTRACT Cholera has been a human scourge since the early 1800s and remains a global public health challenge, caused by the toxigenic strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.In its aquatic reservoirs, V.cholerae has been shown to live in association with various arthropod hosts, including the chironomids, a diverse insect family commonly found in