Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2011)

Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 in Water and Seafood, Haiti

  • Vincent R. Hill,
  • Nicole J. Cohen,
  • Amy M. Kahler,
  • Jessica L. Jones,
  • Cheryl A. Bopp,
  • Nina Marano,
  • Cheryl L. Tarr,
  • Nancy M. Garrett,
  • Jacques Boncy,
  • Ariel Henry,
  • Gerardo A. Gómez,
  • Michael Wellman,
  • Maurice Curtis,
  • Molly M. Freeman,
  • Maryann Turnsek,
  • Ronald A. Benner,
  • Georges Dahourou,
  • David Espey,
  • Angelo DePaola,
  • Jordan W. Tappero,
  • Tom Handzel,
  • Robert V. Tauxe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1711.110748
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 11
pp. 2147 – 2150

Abstract

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During the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti, water and seafood samples were collected to detect Vibrio cholerae. The outbreak strain of toxigenic V. cholerae O1 serotype Ogawa was isolated from freshwater and seafood samples. The cholera toxin gene was detected in harbor water samples.

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