Monitoring Water Sources for Environmental Reservoirs of Toxigenic Vibrio Cholerae O1, Haiti

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2014 Feb 28

PMID 24571741

Citations 30

Authors

Meer T Alam

Thomas A Weppelmann

Chad D Weber

Judith A Johnson

Mohammad H Rashid

Catherine S Birch

Babette A Brumback

Valery E Madsen Beau de Rochars

J Glenn Morris Jr

Afsar Ali

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Abstract

An epidemic of cholera infections was documented in Haiti for the first time in more than 100 years during October 2010. Cases have continued to occur, raising the question of whether the microorganism has established environmental reservoirs in Haiti. We monitored 14 environmental sites near the towns of Gressier and Leogane during April 2012-March 2013. Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor biotype strains were isolated from 3 (1.7%) of 179 water samples; nontoxigenic O1 V. cholerae was isolated from an additional 3 samples. All samples containing V. cholerae O1 also contained non-O1 V. cholerae. V. cholerae O1 was isolated only when water temperatures were ≥31°C. Our data substantiate the presence of toxigenic V. cholerae O1 in the aquatic environment in Haiti. These isolations may reflect establishment of long-term environmental reservoirs in Haiti, which may complicate eradication of cholera from this coastal country.

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