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. 1987 Jun;53(6):1344–1348. doi: 10.1128/aem.53.6.1344-1348.1987

Incidence of Vibrio cholerae from estuaries of the United States West Coast.

C A Kaysner, C Abeyta Jr, M M Wekell, A DePaola Jr, R F Stott, J M Leitch
PMCID: PMC203867  PMID: 3606111

Abstract

The incidence of Vibrio cholerae in shellfish, sediment, and waters of California, Oregon, and Washington was determined during the summer of 1984. Samples from 24 distinct estuaries were analyzed qualitatively. V. cholerae non-O1 was found in 23 estuaries and in 44.6% of the 529 samples examined. V. cholerae O1 Inaba was isolated from water samples in Morro Bay, Calif. Vibrio mimicus was found in 2.3% of the samples. Cholera enterotoxin was not found in cell-free filtrates of the 100 isolates tested in the Y-1 mouse adrenal cell assay, but heat-labile cytotoxic activity was observed with 3% of the isolates.

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