Environmental Surveillance of Vibrio cholerae O1/O139 in the Five African Great Lakes and Other Major Surface Water Sources in Uganda

Environmental Surveillance of Vibrio cholerae O1/O139 in the Five African Great Lakes and Other Major Surface Water Sources in Uganda

Cholera is a major public health problem in the African Great Lakes basin. Two hypotheses might explain this observation, namely the lakes are reservoirs of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 bacteria, or cholera outbreaks are a result of repeated pathogen introduction from the neighboring commun...

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Main Authors: Godfrey Bwire, Amanda K. Debes, Christopher G. Orach, Atek Kagirita, Malathi Ram, Henry Komakech, Joseph B. Voeglein, Ambrose W. Buyinza, Tonny Obala, W. Abdullah Brooks, David A. Sack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
lakes
Vibrio cholerae
reservoir
Uganda
PCR
Africa
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01560/full

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