No evidence of significant levels of toxigenic V. Cholerae O1 in the Haitian aquatic environment during the 2012 rainy season

PLoS Currents

Volumn 5, Issue Outbreaks, 2013, Pages

  Baron, Sandrine ^a   Lesne, Jean ^b   Moore, Sandra ^c   Rossignol, Emmanuel ^d   Rebaudet, Stanislas ^c   Gazin, Pierre ^e   Barrais, Robert ^d   Magloire, Roc ^d   Boncy, Jacques ^d   Piarroux, Renaud ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^b FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d Laboratory and Research   (Haïti)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; RAIN; SURFACE WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHOLERA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; HAITI; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; WASTE WATER; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84961676699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.7735b392bdcb749baf5812d2096d331e     Document Type: Article

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