Hostname: page-component-7c8c6479df-fqc5m Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-03-28T14:19:15.809Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Studies on the growth of Vibrio cholerae biotype eltor and biotype classical in foods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

Jennifer L. Kolvin
Affiliation:
Food Hygiene Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT
Diane Roberts
Affiliation:
Food Hygiene Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Summary

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

The growth of Vibrio cholerae biotype eltor and biotype classical was studied in a range of cooked foods, shellfish and raw vegetables, incubated at 22°, 30° and 37°C. Both biotypes grew in all cooked foods but growth was not demonstrated on raw shellfish. The organism multiplied on some vegetables to levels of the order of 105/g. The classical biotypes of V. cholerae showed a longer lag period than the eltor biotypes in some foods particularly when incubated at 22°C. The eltor biotypes reached a higher level in the stationary phase than the classical biotypes.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

References

REFERENCES

Baine, W. B., Zampieri, A., Mazzotti, M., Angioni, G., Greco, D., Di Gioia, M., Izzo, E., Gangarosa, E. J. & Pocchiari, F. (1974). Epidemiology of cholera in Italy in 1973. Lancet ii, 13701374.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Blake, P. A., Rosenberg, M. L., Costa, J. B., Ferreira, P. S., Guimaraes, C. L. & Gangarosa, E. J. (1977). Cholera in Portugal, 1974. 1. Modes of transmission. American Journal of Epidemiology 105, 337343.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Blake, P. A., Allegra, D. T., Snyder, J. D., Barrett, T. J., McFarland, L., Caraway, C. T., Feeley, J. C., Craig, J. P., Lee, J. V., Puhr, N. D. & Feldman, R. A. (1980). Cholera – a possible endemic focus in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine 302, 305309.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Cholera Research Laboratory Technical Consultant Report (1965). Study of Rice 1963–1965. Pakistan-SEATO Cholera Research Laboratory, Dacca, East Pakistan.Google Scholar
Cohen, J., Schwartz, T., Klasmer, R., Pridan, D., Ghalayini, H. & Davies, A. M. (1971). Epidemiological aspects of cholera El Tor outbreak in a non-endemic area. Lancet ii, 8689.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Feacham, R. G. (1981). Environmental aspects of cholera epidemiology. I. A review of selected reports of endemic and epidemic situations during 1961–1980. Tropical Diseases Bulletin 78, 675698.Google Scholar
Felsenfeld, O. (1965). Notes on food, beverages and fomites contaminated with Vibrio cholerae. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 33, 725734.Google ScholarPubMed
Felsenfeld, O. (1972). Examination of food and water for cholera vibrios. Journal of Milk and Food Technology 35, 646650.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gerichter, Ch. B., Sechter, I., Cahan, D. & Gavish, A. (1971). Laboratory investigations during the cholera outbreak in Jerusalem and Gaza, 1970. Briuth Hatzibur (Public Health) Jerusalem 14, 2638.Google Scholar
Gunn, R. A., Kimball, A. M., Mathew, P. P., Dutta, S. R. & Rifaat, A. H. M. (1981). Cholera in Bahrain: epidemiological characteristics of an outbreak. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 59, 6166.Google ScholarPubMed
Hornick, R. B., Music, S. I., Wenzel, R., Cash, R., Libonati, J. P., Snyder, M. J. & Woodward, T. E. (1971). The Broad Street Pump revisited: response of volunteers to ingested cholera vibrios. Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 47, 11811191.Google ScholarPubMed
Kramer, J. (1977). A rapid microdilution technique for counting viable bacteria in food. Laboratory Practice 26, 675676.Google ScholarPubMed
McIntyre, R. C., Tira, T., Flood, T. & Blake, P. A. (1979). Modes of transmission of cholera in a newly infected population on an atoll: implications for control measures. Lancet i, 311314.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Merson, M. H., Martin, W. T., Craig, J. P., Morris, G. K., Blake, P. A., Craun, G. F., Feely, J. C., Camacho, J. C. & Gangarosa, E. J. (1977). Cholera on Guam, 1974. Epidemiologic findings and isolation of non-toxinogenic strains. American Journal of Epidemiology 105, 349361.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Neogy, K. N. (1965). Viability of V. cholerae and V. el tor in food and water. Bulletin Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine 13, 1011.Google ScholarPubMed
Prescott, L. M. & Bhattacharjee, N. K. (1969). Viability of El Tor vibrios in common foodstuffs found in an endemic cholera area. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 40, 980982.Google Scholar
Roberts, D. & Gilbert, R. J. (1979). Survival and growth of non-cholera vibrios in various foods. Journal of Hygiene 82, 123131.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Spira, W. M., Khan, M. U., Saeed, Y. A. & Sataar, M. A. (1980). Microbiological surveillance of intra-neighbourhood El Tor cholera transmission in rural Bangladesh. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 58, 731740.Google Scholar
Sutton, R. G. A. (1974). An outbreak of cholera in Australia due to food served in flight on an international aircraft. Journal of Hygiene 72, 441451.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Takano, R., Ohtsubo, I. & Inouye, Z. (1926). Studies of Cholera in Japan. League of Nations, Geneva. 6669.Google Scholar
WHO Scientific Working Group (1980). Cholera and other vibrio-associated diarrhoeas. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 58, 353374.Google Scholar