The presence of Vibrio cholerae in contaminated water o
The presence of Vibrio cholerae in contaminated water or food items often trigger a sudden and explosive onset of cholera in the form of an outbreak or epidemic, resulting in high mortality and morbidity of populations living in disease-prone areas (Ghose 2011). Such a scenario occasions a tragic impact on the personal as well as social life of individuals in the affected areas, not to mention that enormous economic resources are wasted in lost work hours due to morbidity and medication costs. It is also a costly affair for governments to implement vaccination programs intended to eliminate cholera once an outbreak occurs, and also to improve water supplies and sanitation with the view to eradicating environmental reservoirs used by the microorganism (Alam et al 2014). Figure 2 below demonstrates the colonies of Vibrio cholerae on taurocholate tellurite gelatin agar (TTGA)
