DISTRIBUTION OF VIBRIO ORGANISMS IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN BETWEEN EPIDEMICS IN THREE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE
DISTRIBUTION OF VIBRIO ORGANISMS IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN BETWEEN EPIDEMICS IN THREE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE
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1997-04
Authors
EGBOM, Chukwukere Ephrai
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ABSTRACT
The distribution of vibrio organisms in the environments
in Giwa, Zaria and Sabon-Gari local government areas of Kaduna
State was investigated. Samples were collected from ponds,
wells and stream. One hundred and fifty samples each were
collected from these sources. In addition 150 samples each of
human stools and duck stools as well as the roots of 5 waterletus
were examined for vibrio organisms. A total of 29
vibrio organisms were isolated from 450 water samples while 4
isolates each were obtained from the 150 human stool and 150
Duck Stool samples respectively. No vibrio isolate was
recovered from the roots of the water-letus. Out of the total
of 37 vibrio isolates, 16 were identified to belong to the
vibrio cholerae serogroup 01, while the remaining 21 isolates
belong to vibrio cholerae non-01 serogroup. 13 out of the 16
isolates of the 01 serogroup were identified as inaba biotype
while 2 could not be conclusively identified. Eleven of the
21 isolates belonging to the non-01 serogroup were identified
to be vibrio parahaemolyticus, while the remaining were
regarded as other vibio species which could not be identified
to species level due to lack of materials. The dependence of
the communities to some large extent on pond, stream and well
water for agricultural and domestic purposes exposes them to
the risk of vibrio cholerae infections
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A Thesis Submitted to the Postgraduate School
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria,
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Award of the Degree of
Master of Science (Microbiology),
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DISTRIBUTION,, VIBRIO ORGANISMS,, ENVIRONMENT IN,, EPIDEMICS,, THREE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS,, KADUNA STATE