Occurrence of Vibrio cholerae in fish and water from a reservoir and a neighboring channel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Vibrio cholerae is a human pathogen and natural inhabitant of aquatic environments. In this study, we surveyed the occurrence of V. cholerae in fish harvested from a reservoir that receives discharges from the population in Ouagadougou through several channels. A total of 238 fish and 80 water sampl...

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Published inJournal of infection in developing countries Vol. 8; no. 10; pp. 1334 - 1338
Main Authors Traoré, Oumar, Martikainen, Outi, Siitonen, Anja, Traoré, Alfred S, Barro, Nicolas, Haukka, Kaisa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Italy Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 15.10.2014
Subjects
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Burkina Faso
Cholera Toxin - genetics
Fishes - microbiology
Genotype
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Serogroup
Vibrio cholerae - classification
Vibrio cholerae - genetics
Vibrio cholerae - isolation & purification
Water Microbiology
Burkina Faso
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Summary:Vibrio cholerae is a human pathogen and natural inhabitant of aquatic environments. In this study, we surveyed the occurrence of V. cholerae in fish harvested from a reservoir that receives discharges from the population in Ouagadougou through several channels. A total of 238 fish and 80 water samples were analyzed for the presence of V. cholerae. Altogether, 13 V. cholerae strains were isolated. They were all identified as non-O1/non-O139 V. cholerae without the ctxA gene. The strains were mostly susceptible to the antimicrobials tested. Although no strains of epidemic V. cholerae serotypes were encountered, it is important to monitor the microbiological quality of this extensively used water resource and its fish.
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ISSN:1972-2680
2036-6590
1972-2680
DOI:10.3855/jidc.3946