The characteristic properties of Vibrio cholerae eltor isolated from environmental objects on the territory of the former USSR during the 7th cholera pandemic
Lomov, I.M.; Medinskiĭ, G.M.; Pinigin, A.F.; Kolesnikov, N.N.; Ganin, V.S.; Golubev, B.P.; Alekseenko, V.V.; Khom'ko, N.I.; Kozhukhov, I.G.; Sandul, G.N.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 2: 11-15
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 8017114 Document Number: 438398
The properties of 22,382 V. eltor strains isolated from environmental objects on the territory of different climatic and geographical zones during the period of 1970-1988 were studied. The study was made on the morphology of their colonies, the agglutinability of the strains by cholera O serum, type-specific serum and RO serum, their capacity for being lyzed by V. eltor bacteriophage, their hemolytic activity and virulence. Differences in the occurrence of strains with any of the above-mentioned properties, depending on the object from which they were isolate, the climatic and geographical zone and the intensity of the epidemiological situation with regard to cholera.