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Environmental reservoirs of Vibrio cholerae serogroups in the flowing freshwater environs from the tribal areas of Odisha, Eastern India.

B. B. Pal,S. Nayak,B. Biswal,B. Das

Published 2020 in Environmental Microbiology Reports

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The environmental reservoirs of different serogroups of V.cholerae causing cholera in the flowing freshwater bodies of the tribal areas of Odisha are not known. So the present study was conducted from June-2017 to March-2020 to find out the environmental reservoirs of V.cholerae serogroups in the water and plankton samples collected from the river, nala, stream and chua from Rayagada district. Similarly, rectal swabs were collected from diarrhea patients and correlation was established among the V.cholerae strains isolated from diarrhea patients and environmental V.cholerae isolates through routine culture, different multiplex PCR assays and Pulse field gel electrophoresis analysis using standard techniques. The multiplex PCR assays on biotypes and different toxic genes exhibited similar correlation between the clinical and water isolates which was further strengthened by PFGE analysis. The planktonic DNA was positive for ctxA gene which established that the environmental water bodies were the reservoirs for virulence genes of V.cholerae serogroups. The detection of environmental reservoirs of V.cholerae serogroups in temporarily stagnant condition of water; partially encircled by stones, and near the bank of the river, nala and stream were the reservoirs which is a rare report from Odisha, India and Globe. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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