title: Use of filter paper as a transport medium for laboratory diagnosis of cholera under field conditions.
abstract: Confirmation of a cholera epidemic is based on bacteriological identification of the agent and requires the sending of samples to a culture laboratory, often in countries with limited resources. Comparison of the use of filter paper with the use of Cary-Blair reference medium for stool transport showed that this simple transport medium is appropriate for the recovery of Vibrio cholerae.
authors.affiliation: Centre National de Référence des Vibrions et du Choléra, Unité des Bactéries Pathogènes Entériques, 25-28 Rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Anne-Laure
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: Kathryn P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Alberti
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guénolé
authors.forename: Vital
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mondongue
authors.forename: Sylvaine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lonlas Mayele
authors.forename: Philippe J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Guerin
authors.forename: Marie-Laure
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Quilici
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002771:Cholera / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010209:Paper; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000302:isolation & purification*