Use of filter paper as a transport medium for laboratory diagnosis of cholera under field conditions

Authors :: Kathryn P. Alberti
Vital Mondongue
Anne-Laure Page
Marie-Laure Quilici
Philippe J Guerin
Alain Guénolé
Sylvaine Lonlas Mayele
Epicentre [Paris] [Médecins Sans Frontières]
Centre National de Référence des Vibrions et du Choléra - National Reference Center Vibrios and Cholera (CNR)
Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)
Ministry of Health
Ministery of Health
Médecins sans Frontières (MSF)
Médecins Sans Frontières Belgique
Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine [Oxford]
University of Oxford
This study was supported by grants from Médecins Sans Frontières, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, and the Institut Pasteur
Institut Pasteur [Paris]
University of Oxford [Oxford]
Source :: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2011, 49 (8), pp.3021-3. ⟨10.1128/JCM.00514-11⟩, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology, 2011, 49 (8), pp.3021-3. ⟨10.1128/JCM.00514-11⟩
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: Confirmation of a cholera epidemic is based on bacteriological identification of the agent and requires the sending of samples to a culture laboratory, often in countries with limited resources. Comparison of the use of filter paper with the use of Cary-Blair reference medium for stool transport showed that this simple transport medium is appropriate for the recovery of Vibrio cholerae .

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