Monitoring Water Sources for Environmental Reservoirs of Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1, Haiti
Meer T. Alam, Thomas A. Weppelmann, Chad D. Weber, Judith A. Johnson, Mohammad H. Rashid, Catherine S. Birch, Babette A. Brumback, Valery E. Madsen Beau de Rochars, J. Glenn, and Afsar Ali
Author affiliations: University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, Gainesville, Florida, USA (M.T. Alam, T.A. Weppelmann, V.E. Madsen Beau de Rochars, A. Ali); University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute, Gainesville (M.T. Alam, T.A. Weppelmann, C.D. Weber, J.A. Johnson, M.H. Rashid, C.S. Birch, B.A. Brumback, V.E. Madsen Beau de Rochars, J.G. Morris, Jr., A. Ali); University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville (M.H. Rashid, V.E. Madsen Beau de Rochars, A. Ali)
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Table 3
Summary statistics of environmental water quality factors in mountains, estuaries, and a floodplain in Haiti, April 2012–March 2013
Water quality |
No. specimens observed |
Mean |
SD |
Minimum |
Maximum |
Temperature, °C |
176 |
29.32 |
1.91 |
24.3 |
33.7 |
pH, log[H+] |
176 |
7.71 |
0.36 |
6.4 |
8.6 |
Dissolved oxygen, mg/L |
176 |
7.33 |
1.81 |
1.23 |
10.31 |
Total dissolved solids, mg/L |
176 |
273.8 |
359.9 |
24 |
2,970 |
Salinity, g/L |
176 |
0.38 |
1.72 |
0 |
21.6 |
Conductivity (µS/cm) |
176 |
544.1 |
639.4 |
230 |
5,630 |
Heterotrophic bacteria, log(cfu/mL) |
175 |
4.21 |
0.60 |
2.3 |
5.89 |
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