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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2005

Critical factors influencing the occurrence of Vibrio cholerae in the environment of Bangladesh.

Anwar Huq, R Bradley Sack, Azhar Nizam, Ira M Longini, G Balakrish Nair, Afsar Ali, J Glenn Morris, M N Huda Khan, A Kasem Siddique, Mohammed Yunus and 3 more

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 137 papers.

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137citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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137 citing papers in PubMed, 318 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Anwar HuqCenter of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 701 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA. huq@umbi.umd.edu
R Bradley Sack
Azhar Nizam
Ira M Longini
G Balakrish Nair
Afsar Ali
J Glenn Morris
M N Huda Khan
A Kasem Siddique
Mohammed Yunus
M John Albert
David A Sack
Rita R Colwell
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research · BDUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USEmory University · USJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

EPIDEMIOLOGY &ECOLOGY OF VIBRIO CHOLERAE IN BANGLADESHR01AI039129 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SACK, DAVID A · 1996 to 2014
$15.2M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI039129NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI 39129-01NINR NIH HHS R01 NR1 4527-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The occurrence of outbreaks of cholera in Africa in 1970 and in Latin America in 1991, mainly in coastal communities, and the appearance of the new serotype Vibrio cholerae O139 in India and subsequently in Bangladesh have stimulated efforts to understand environmental factors influencing the growth and geographic distribution of epidemic Vibrio cholerae serotypes. Because of the severity of recent epidemics, cholera is now being considered by some infectious disease investigators as a "reemerging" disease, prompting new work on the ecology of vibrios. Epidemiological and ecological surveillance for cholera has been under way in four rural, geographically separated locations in Bangladesh for the past 4 years, during which both clinical and environmental samples were collected at biweekly intervals. The clinical epidemiology portion of the research has been published (Sack et al., J. Infect. Dis. 187:96-101, 2003). The results of environmental sampling and analysis of the environmental and clinical data have revealed significant correlations of water temperature, water depth, rainfall, conductivity, and copepod counts with the occurrence of cholera toxin-producing bacteria (presumably V. cholerae). The lag periods between increases or decreases in units of factors, such as temperature and salinity, and occurrence of cholera correlate with biological parameters, e.g., plankton population blooms. The new information on the ecology of V. cholerae is proving useful in developing environmental models for the prediction of cholera epidemics.

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Disease OutbreaksWater MicrobiologyAnimalsBangladeshCholeraCopepodaEnvironmentHumansRainRisk FactorsTemperatureVibrio cholerae O139WaterWater

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PMID16085859
PMCPMC1183289
OpenAlexW2134602517

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