Occurrence of Vibrio cholerae in fish and water from a reservoir and a neighboring channel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Author(s) -
Oumar Traoré,
Outi Martikainen,
Anja Siitonen,
Alfred S. Traoré,
Nicolas Barro,
Kaisa Haukka
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.3946
Subject(s) - vibrio cholerae , serotype , cholera , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , population , microbiology and biotechnology , fishery , bacteria , environmental health , medicine , genetics
Vibrio cholerae is a human pathogen and natural inhabitant of aquatic environments. In this study, we surveyed the occurrence of V. cholerae in fish harvested from a reservoir that receives discharges from the population in Ouagadougou through several channels.
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