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SUBMITTER: Kahler AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4347365 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kahler Amy M AM Haley Bradd J BJ Chen Arlene A Mull Bonnie J BJ Tarr Cheryl L CL Turnsek Maryann M Katz Lee S LS Humphrys Michael S MS Derado Gordana G Freeman Nicole N Boncy Jacques J Colwell Rita R RR Huq Anwar A Hill Vincent R VR
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20141110 1
Epidemic cholera was reported in Haiti in 2010, with no information available on the occurrence or geographic distribution of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in Haitian waters. In a series of field visits conducted in Haiti between 2011 and 2013, water and plankton samples were collected at 19 sites. Vibrio cholerae was detected using culture, polymerase chain reaction, and direct viable count methods (DFA-DVC). Cholera toxin genes were detected by polymerase chain reaction in broth enrichments of sam ...[more]