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. 2011 Nov;17(11):2147-50.
doi: 10.3201/eid1711.110748.

Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 in water and seafood, Haiti

Vincent R Hill  1 , Nicole Cohen, Amy M Kahler, Jessica L Jones, Cheryl A Bopp, Nina Marano, Cheryl L Tarr, Nancy M Garrett, Jacques Boncy, Ariel Henry, Gerardo A Gómez, Michael Wellman, Maurice Curtis, Molly M Freeman, Maryann Turnsek, Ronald A Benner Jr, Georges Dahourou, David Espey, Angelo DePaola, Jordan W Tappero, Tom Handzel, Robert V Tauxe
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Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 in water and seafood, Haiti

Vincent R Hill et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Nov.

Abstract

During the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti, water and seafood samples were collected to detect Vibrio cholerae. The outbreak strain of toxigenic V. cholerae O1 serotype Ogawa was isolated from freshwater and seafood samples. The cholera toxin gene was detected in harbor water samples.

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Locations where water and seafood samples were obtained, Haiti, October–November 2010. HWS, harbor water sample.
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