ISOLATION OF VIBRIO-CHOLERAE O139 SYNONYM BENGAL FROM THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT IN BANGLADESH - IMPLICATIONS FOR DISEASE TRANSMISSION

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作者
ISLAM, MS
HASAN, MK
MIAH, MA
YUNUS, M
ZAMAN, K
ALBERT, MJ
机构
[1] Environmental Microbiology Lab., Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR, G.P.O. Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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D O I
10.1128/AEM.60.5.1684-1686.1994
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Currently, Bangladesh is experiencing an epidemic of acute watery diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholerae 0139. Surface waters were collected and cultured for vibrios following enrichment. Twelve percent (11 of 92) of samples yielded V. cholerae 0139, and all of them were positive for cholera toxin. The data suggest that V. cholerae 0139 is easily culturable from surface water samples.
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