Glucose- but Not Rice-Based Oral Rehydration Therapy Enhances the Production of Virulence Determinants in the Human Pathogen Vibrio cholerae

Juliane Kühn; Flavio Finger; Enrico Bertuzzo; Sandrine Borgeaud; Marino Gatto; Andrea Rinaldo; Melanie Blokesch

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003347

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Glucose- but Not Rice-Based Oral Rehydration Therapy Enhances the Production of Virulence Determinants in the Human Pathogen Vibrio cholerae

Juliane Kühn,

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Flavio Finger,

Affiliation Laboratory of Ecohydrology, Environmental Engineering Institute, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Enrico Bertuzzo,

Affiliation Laboratory of Ecohydrology, Environmental Engineering Institute, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Sandrine Borgeaud,

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Marino Gatto,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Elettronica Informazione & Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Andrea Rinaldo ,

* E-mail: andrea.rinaldo@epfl.ch (AR); melanie.blokesch@epfl.ch (MB)

Affiliations Laboratory of Ecohydrology, Environmental Engineering Institute, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, Dipartimento ICEA, Universitá di Padova, Padova, Italy
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Melanie Blokesch

* E-mail: andrea.rinaldo@epfl.ch (AR); melanie.blokesch@epfl.ch (MB)

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Glucose- but Not Rice-Based Oral Rehydration Therapy Enhances the Production of Virulence Determinants in the Human Pathogen Vibrio cholerae

Juliane Kühn,
Flavio Finger,
Enrico Bertuzzo,
Sandrine Borgeaud,
Marino Gatto,
Andrea Rinaldo,
Melanie Blokesch

Published: December 4, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003347

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Use of Ginger powder

Posted by prlrd on 08 Dec 2014 at 09:19 GMT

Indian system of medicine advocates using ginger powder for such situations. It would be worth exploring the efficacy of ginger powder as it is easily available and can be dispensed with ease.

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Glucose- but Not Rice-Based Oral Rehydration Therapy Enhances the Production of Virulence Determinants in the Human Pathogen Vibrio cholerae

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Use of Ginger powder

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