TY - JOUR AU - Akoachere, Jane-Francis Tatah Kihla AU - Masalla, Thomas Njinuwoh AU - Njom, Henry Akum PY - 2013 DA - 2013/08/07 TI - Multi-drug resistant toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 is persistent in water sources in New Bell-Douala, Cameroon JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 366 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Cholera has been endemic in Douala, since 1971 when it was first recorded in Cameroon. Outbreaks have often started in slum areas of the city including New Bell. Despite the devastating nature of outbreaks, always resulting in high mortality and morbidity, a paucity of information exists on the reservoirs of the causative agent, V. cholerae, and factors maintaining its persistence. This has complicated disease prevention, resulting in frequent outbreaks of cholera. We investigated water sources in New Bell for contamination with V. cholerae O1 with pathogenic potential, to highlight their role in disease transmission. Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of isolates and the environmental factors maintaining its persistence were investigated. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-366 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-13-366 ID - Akoachere2013 ER -