Prevalence of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus in Various Seafood Consumed in North Cyprus

Kademi, Hafizu Ibrahim; Zebere, Grace Charles; Güvenir, Meryem; Adun, Perihan; Susever, Serdar; Süer, Kaya

doi:10.5152/cjms.2018.338

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“…The fish caught in the lake have a bacillus load that is highly correlated with the load in lake water. Depending on the studies, Vibrio may be found [60] or not [61]), but the studies usually not try to correlate the occurrence of Vibrio simultaneously in the water and in the animals (but see [62] for example). The local residents frequently eat these fish raw or salted, without emptying them nor cooking them.…”

Section: Plos Neglected Tropical Diseasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Volcanic activity controls cholera outbreaks in the East African Rift

et al. 2020

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We hypothesized that Cholera (Vibrio cholerae) that appeared along Lake Kivu in the African Rift in the seventies, might be controlled by volcano-tectonic activity, which, by increasing surface water and groundwater salinity and temperature, may partly rule the water characteristics of Lake Kivu and promote V. cholerae proliferation. Volcanic activity (assessed weekly by the SO 2 flux of Nyiragongo volcano plume over the 2007-2012 period) is highly positively correlated with the water conductivity, salinity and temperature of the Kivu lake. Over the 2007-2012 period, these three parameters were highly positively correlated with the temporal dynamics of cholera cases in the Katana health zone that border the lake. Meteorological variables (air temperature and rainfall), and the other water characteristics (namely pH and dissolved oxygen concentration in lake water) were unrelated to cholera dynamics over the same period. Over the 2016-2018 period, we sampled weekly lake water salinity and conductivity, and twice a month vibrio occurrence in lake water and fish. The abundance of V. cholerae in the lake was positively correlated with lake salinity, temperature, and the number of cholera cases in the population of the Katana health zone. V. cholerae abundance in fishes was positively correlated with V. cholerae abundance in lake water, suggesting that their consumption directly contaminate humans. The activity of the volcano, by controlling the physico-chemical characteristics of Lake Kivu, is therefore a major determinant of the presence of the bacillus in the lake. SO2 fluxes in the volcano plume can be used as a tool to predict epidemic risks.

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Section: Plos Neglected Tropical Diseasesmentioning

confidence: 99%