Preventing Maritime Transfer of Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Cohen, Nicole J. ; Slaten, Douglas D. ; Marano, Nina ; Tappero, Jordan W. ; Wellman, Michael ; Albert, Ryan J. ; Hill, Vincent R. ; Espey, David ; Handzel, Thomas ; Henry, Ariel ; Tauxe, Robert V.
• Description:
  Organisms, including Vibrio cholerae, can be transferred between harbors in the ballast water of ships. Zones in the Caribbean region where distance from shore and water depth meet International Maritime Organization guidelines for ballast water exchange are extremely limited. Use of ballast water treatment systems could mitigate the risk for organism transfer.
• Subjects:
  Cholera Cholera Toxin DNA, Bacterial Environmental Monitoring Seawater Ships Virulence Waste Disposal, Fluid Water Microbiology
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(10):1680-1682
• Pubmed ID:
  23017338
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3471641
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Caribbean Region
• Location:
  Caribbean
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:584b496011348a56b44e953b1dc7120b504f42a933e69f0946c1ae6e04ca0b61
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/10978/cdc_10978_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 215.04 KB ]