Publications by authors named "Marc H Einsporn"
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- The study investigates the correlation between environmental factors in the Hooghly riverine-estuarine ecosystem and cholera transmission in West Bengal, India, over different seasons.
- Results show V. cholerae O1 was present in 38.3% of water samples, with environmental factors like flood tides and water temperature influencing its abundance.
- The findings suggest a significant relationship between cholera cases in Kolkata and V. cholerae O1 in the water, leading to the proposal of a monitoring system to predict potential cholera outbreaks.
This study deals with the influence of water physico-chemical properties, tides, rainfall and fecal pollution on the abundance of enteropathogens in a main distributary of the Ganges, in the endemic cholera belt of West Bengal. Between January and June 2011, water and sediments were sampled from two sites of the Hooghly River by Kolkata and Diamond Harbour. Counts of cultivable Vibrio (CVC, from~10(2) to~10(5)CFU/L) and total bacteria (TBC, from~10(5) to~10(9)CFU/L) increased with water temperature (17°C to 37°C).
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