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In a person with cholera, diarrhea occurs due to toxins produced by the virus on multiplication in the small intestine. The toxin produced by Vibrio cholerae is

In a person with cholera, diarrhea occurs due to toxins produced by the virus on multiplication in the small intestine. The toxin produced by Vibrio cholerae is Correct Answer Enterotoxin

Explanation:

An enterotoxin is a protein exotoxin released by a microorganism that targets the intestines.
Enterotoxins are chromosomally encoded or plasmid-encoded exotoxins that are produced and secreted from several bacterial organisms. 

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