[The expression of the pathogenic properties of the Vibrio cholerae O139 serogroup in vitro].

Cholera toxin, hemolysin, dermonecrotic and proteolytic factors have been detected and identified in V. cholerae O139. The production of these substances has been found to depend on the conditions of the cultivation of vibrios, and the types of proteases have been determined.

[The properties of the Vibrio cholerae strains isolated in large districts in western Dagestan in 1994].

190 V. cholerae cultures isolated by the specialized antiepidemic brigade of the Rostov-on-Don Research Institute for Plague Control in the Khasavyurt, Babayurt and Novolaksk regions of Daghestan in August-October 1994. All isolated strains were typical with respect to their morphological and cultural properties and could be agglutinated (with the exception of one strain) to the titer or half-titer with diagnostic cholera serum and Ogawa serum.