Seasonal prevalence of cholera pathogen (Vibrio cholerae) in water and plankton samples in the southern coastal part of Bangladesh

Md  Mansurul Haque

doi:10.17485/ijst/2011/v4i9.17

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Seasonal prevalence of cholera pathogen (Vibrio cholerae) in water and plankton samples in the southern coastal part of Bangladesh

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2011/v4i9.17

Year: 2011, Volume: 4, Issue: 9, Pages: 1101-1104

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Seasonal prevalence of cholera pathogen (Vibrio cholerae) in water and plankton samples in the southern coastal part of Bangladesh

Md. Mansurul Haque^*

Department of Zoology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka -1342, Bangladesh
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

In the present study seasonal prevalence of Vibrio cholerae, serogroup O1 and O139 (VC O1 and O139) were investigated in several water bodies of southern coastal area adjacent to the Bay of Bengal. The study revealed that the gross total counts of both VC O1 and O139 in water were 2.2×10⁷ cfu/L and 5.0×10⁶ cfu/L which were the highest followed by zooplankton sample with 7.0×10⁵ cfu/L and 4.6×10⁵ cfu/L and phytoplankton sample with 4.0×10⁵ cfu/L and 3.4×10⁵ cfu/L, respectively. It was also revealed that VC O1 counts were appeared to be higher in all types of samples than that of VC O139 throughout the investigation period and summer counts were found to be higher than that of monsoon and winter counts.
Keywords: Bangladesh, Cholera, Vibrio cholerae, phytoplankton, zooplankton, Public health, Water