Author:Ssemakalu, CC; Le Roux, Wouter J; Pillay, MDate:Sep 2013Cholera toxin is the aetiological agent of cholera – a deadly waterborne disease acquired through the consumption of untreated water contaminated with CTX bacteriophage harbouring strains of V. cholerae. Solar disinfection is a re-emerging ...Read more
Author:Woodborne, S; Pienaar, M; Van der Merwe, Martina RDate:Nov 2008Cholera epidemics have been analysed using epidemiological models that depend on human-to environment- to-human spread of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae bacteria (Koelle et al. 2004, Koelle et al. 2005). Within such a framework the vulnerable human ...Read more
Author:Le Roux, Wouter J; Van Blerk, GNDate:Oct 2011A real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay utilizing high resolution melt (HRM) curve analysis was developed and tested for the monitoring of Vibrio cholerae in water samples. The assay utilized previously published primers that are ...Read more