[Laboratory diagnosis of cholera: analysis and prospects for improvement]

Abstract

Microbiological monitoring of the circulation of Vibro cholerae remains one of the key factors contributing to optimization of epidemiological surveillance in a specific area and the laboratory diagnosis of cholera is a basic applied tool for the detection and characterization of isolated cultures. The quality of etiological identification of the pathogen, the competent use of procedures, and the observance of a laboratory diagnosis scheme increases the likelihood of the cholera pathogen being detected in the samples taken from human beings and environmental objects, which allows to timely notify the disease and to prevent it. The current goals of investigations include the development of more accessible and rapid methods that would further find their place in the scheme for the laboratory diagnosis of cholera.