Cholera Vibrios non-O1/non-O139 Isolated in the Process of Epidemiological Monitoring over Rostov-on-Don Water Basins and Drain Sewage System within the Period of 2009–2011

Studied have been biological properties of cholera vibrios non-O1/non-O139 circulating in the Rostov-on-Don surface waters and drain sewage system within the period of 2009–2011. Overwhelming majority of the isolates have been classified as typical ones in terms of their phenotype. However 90 strains (21 %) out of total 280 have been identified as atypical ones against agglu­tina­bility in the slide-agglutination and full-scale agglutination reaction to diagnostic cholera sera. Put forward are recommendations on performance of the differentiation between V. cholerae non-O1/non-O139 and V. cholerae O1/O139. Specified are predominant sero­groups of the strains which turned to be unchanged within the stated period (O16, O53, O76, and O67). Revealed is the strain genotype variability and low probability of virulence manifestations. Demonstrated is the futility of the blind gene- and serological typing of aquatic strains.

холерные вибрионы не О1/не О139, фенотип, агглютинабельность, атипичность, серогруппы, генотип, cholera vibrios non-O1/nonO139, phenotype, agglutinability, typicality, serogroup, genotype

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