THE OCCURRENCE OF NON-01 VIBRIO-CHOLERAE IN NON-POTABLE WATER SAMPLESIN BARBADOS

Authors
MOORE R MATHISON GE
Citation
R. Moore et Ge. Mathison, THE OCCURRENCE OF NON-01 VIBRIO-CHOLERAE IN NON-POTABLE WATER SAMPLESIN BARBADOS, West Indian Medical Journal, 43(1), 1994, pp. 7-8
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
West Indian Medical Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00433144
Volume
43
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
7 - 8
Database
ISI
SICI code
0043-3144(1994)43:1<7:TOONVI>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Fourteen freshwater or brackish-water samples taken from different sit es were examined for the presence of Vibrio cholerae. Standard enrichm ent techniques, using pre-incubation in alkaline peptone water and pla ting on thiosulfate citrate bile sucrose agar (TCBS) followed by bioch emical, physiological and morphological characterization of the isolat es, revealed the presence of Vibrio cholerae at nine of the sites exam ined Serotyping for type 01 only was performed. All the strains isolat ed were non-01 Vibrio cholerae.