Possibility of public health hazards by contamination of toxin producing vibrio cholerae through fishes reared in sewage fed fishery

This study was undertaken to explore the possibility of contamination of Vibrio cholerae serogroups 01 and 0139, the most important causative organisms for life threatening acute secretory diarrhoea and also potential public health importance, by isolating these organisms from body surface, gill and...

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Published inIndian journal of public health Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 71 - 72
Main Authors SAHA, M. K, DUTTA, P, DE, S. P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Calcutta Indian Public Health Association 01.04.1999
Subjects
Animal Feed - microbiology
Animals
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Cholera
Cholera Toxin - biosynthesis
Fisheries - methods
Fisheries - standards
Fishes
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Public Health
Sewage
Tropical bacterial diseases
Tropical medicine
Vibrio cholerae - isolation & purification
Vibrio cholerae - metabolism
Vibrio cholerae - pathogenicity
Water Microbiology
Asia
India
Human
Evaluation
Edible fish
Vibrio cholerae
Vibriosis
Risk analysis
Contamination
Infection
Toxin
Fishery
Bacteriosis
Bacteria
Vibrionaceae
Rearing
Public health
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Summary:This study was undertaken to explore the possibility of contamination of Vibrio cholerae serogroups 01 and 0139, the most important causative organisms for life threatening acute secretory diarrhoea and also potential public health importance, by isolating these organisms from body surface, gill and intestine of common table fishes like Labeo rhoita, Catla Catla, Cirrhinus mirgala and Tilapia mosambica which were reared in sewage and raw human excrita enriched fishery ponds. Vibrio Cholerae 01 or 0139 were not isolated from body surface swabs, gills and intestine of these common table fishes. Water samples of sewage enriched fishery ponds and sewage of Calcutta municipal corporation were also processed for isolation of these organisms, however, these samples were also negative for V. Cholerae 01, 0139 and non 01-0139 serogroups. Present study indicated that there was less chance of contamination of toxigenic and disease producing strains of V. cholerae by common table fishes which were reared in sewage and raw faecal matter enriched fishery ponds.
ISSN:0019-557X