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Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 in Water and Seafood, Haiti

Vincent R. Hill

, Nicole Cohen, Amy M. Kahler, Jessica L. Jones, Cheryl A. Bopp, Nina Marano, Cheryl L. Tarr, Nancy M. Garrett, Jacques Boncy, Ariel Henry, Gerardo A. Gómez, Michael Wellman, Maurice Curtis, Molly M. Freeman, Maryann Turnsek, Ronald A. Benner, Georges Dahourou, David Espey, Angelo DePaola, Jordan W. Tappero, Tom Handzel, and Robert V. Tauxe

Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (V.R. Hill, N. Cohen, A.M. Kahler, C.A. Bopp, N. Marano, C.L. Tarr, N.M. Garrett, G.A. Gómez, M. Wellman, M. Curtis, M.M. Freeman, M. Turnsek, D. Espey, J.W. Tappero, T. Handzel, R.V. Tauxe); Food and Drug Administration, Dauphin Island, Alabama, USA (J.L. Jones, R.A. Benner, A. DePaola); Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (J. Boncy, A. Henry); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Port-au-Prince (G. Dahourou)

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Table 2

Results of seafood sampling for Vibrio cholerae, Haiti, October–November 2010*

Sample no.	Sample location†	Seafood type	APW broth real-time PCR result	Characterization of V. cholerae isolates
1	Saint Marc/Grand Saline	Oysters	ctxA detected	No isolate obtained
2	Saint Marc/Grand Saline	Red mussels	No ctxA detected	No isolate obtained
3	Saint Marc/Grand Saline	Queen conch	ctxA detected	No isolate obtained
4	Saint Marc/Grand Saline	Conch	No ctxA detected	No isolate obtained
5	Saint Marc/Grand Saline	Clams	No ctxA detected	No isolate obtained
6	Port-au-Prince, site 1	Octopus	No ctxA detected	No isolate obtained
6	Port-au-Prince, site 1	Clams	ctxA detected	No isolate obtained
6	Port-au-Prince, site 1	Assorted gastropods	ctxA detected	No isolate obtained
6	Port-au-Prince, site 1	Assorted bivalves	ctxA detected	No isolate obtained
7	Port-au-Prince, site 2	Fish and crab combined sample	ctxA detected	Isolate matched outbreak strain‡
8	Port-au-Prince, site 3	Assorted bivalves	ctxA detected	Isolate matched outbreak strain‡
9	Port-au-Prince, site 3	Mussels	No ctxA detected	No isolate obtained ID, identification; APW, alkaline peptone water. ID, identification; APW, alkaline peptone water. †Samples 1–5, sample 6, sample 7, and samples 8 and 9 were obtained at the same locations as water samples HWS-15, HWS-16, HWS-17, and HWS-18, respectively (Table 1; Figure). ‡V. cholerae serogroup O1, serotype Ogawa, biotype El Tor, ctxA-positive, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis–matched outbreak strain.