[Studies on the spread of Vibrio cholerae, biotype El Tor in the environment during the period following the 1973 epidemic in Apulia].
In the period following the cholera epidemic, studies were made of sewage, seawater and various foodstuffs (green vegetables, mussels, etc.) in an attempt to isolate Vibrio cholerae of the El Tor biotype. Only in the samples of sewage taken at Bari and Taranto was it possible to isolate Vibrio cholerae biotype El Tor for a period of about a month after the last case of the illness; in this period it was isolated in 5 of the 11 samples taken at Bari and in 1 of the 14 taken at Taranto. The positive tests involved all zones of the city, leading to the conclusion that the bearers had spread throughout the whole population. The cholera-bearing vibrio was not isolated in any of the other materials, and this leads one to believe that the preventive measures taken immediately were sufficient to avoid foodstuffs being contaminated.
D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D012621:Seasons; D012623:Seawater / Q000032:analysis; D012722:Sewage / Q000032:analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014871:Water Microbiology
D012722:Sewage
Indagini sulla diffusione nell'ambiente del "Vibrio cholerae" del biotipo El Tor nel periodo successivo all'epidemia verificatasi in Puglia nel 1973