Water - borne vibrio in some sources of fresh water in Sohag Governorate

ABSTRACT

Fresh water collected from Sohag Governorate, Middle Egypt, was weekly tested for the presence of Vibrio cholerae. The temporal relationship among V. cholerae levels found in water and the incidence of fresh water-associated Vibrio illness with onset dates in 1995 among persons living in the counties located adjacent to or near Sohag City were investigated. Vibrio cholerae was detected in 70 different water samples. More than one Vibrio species per water sample were also recorded. Collected Vibrio species were absent in 6.5% of the analyzed samples