Riverbed Sediments as Reservoirs of Multiple Vibrio cholerae Virulence-Associated Genes: A Potential Trigger for Cholera Outbreaks in Developing Countries
المؤلفون المشاركون
Abia, Akebe Luther King
Ubomba-Jaswa, Eunice
Momba, Maggy Ndombo Benteke
المصدر
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
العدد
المجلد 2017، العدد 2017 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2017)، ص ص. 1-9، 9ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2017-05-31
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
9
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Africa remains the most cholera stricken continent in the world as many people lacking access to safe drinking water rely mostly on polluted rivers as their main water sources.
However, studies in these countries investigating the presence of Vibrio cholerae in aquatic environments have paid little attention to bed sediments.
Also, information on the presence of virulence-associated genes (VAGs) in environmental ctx-negative V.
cholerae strains in this region is lacking.
Thus, we investigated the presence of V.
cholerae VAGs in water and riverbed sediment of the Apies River, South Africa.
Altogether, 120 samples (60 water and 60 sediment samples) collected from ten sites on the river (January and February 2014) were analysed using PCR.
Of the 120 samples, 37 sediment and 31 water samples were positive for at least one of the genes investigated.
The haemolysin gene (hlyA) was the most isolated gene.
The cholera toxin (ctxAB) and non-O1 heat-stable (stn/sto) genes were not detected.
Genes were frequently detected at sites influenced by human activities.
Thus, identification of V.
cholerae VAGs in sediments suggests the possible presence of V.
cholerae and identifies sediments of the Apies River as a reservoir for potentially pathogenic V.
cholerae with possible public health implications.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Abia, Akebe Luther King& Ubomba-Jaswa, Eunice& Momba, Maggy Ndombo Benteke. 2017. Riverbed Sediments as Reservoirs of Multiple Vibrio cholerae Virulence-Associated Genes: A Potential Trigger for Cholera Outbreaks in Developing Countries. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1175581
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Abia, Akebe Luther King…[et al.]. Riverbed Sediments as Reservoirs of Multiple Vibrio cholerae Virulence-Associated Genes: A Potential Trigger for Cholera Outbreaks in Developing Countries. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1175581
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Abia, Akebe Luther King& Ubomba-Jaswa, Eunice& Momba, Maggy Ndombo Benteke. Riverbed Sediments as Reservoirs of Multiple Vibrio cholerae Virulence-Associated Genes: A Potential Trigger for Cholera Outbreaks in Developing Countries. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1175581
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1175581
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
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