Publications

[viability of vibrio cholerae o1 in different types of water under experimental conditions].	the endemic and seasonal nature of cholera depends upon the survival of vibrio cholerae o1 in a viable but not necessarily culturable state in ecological niches in aquatic environments during inter-epidemic periods, and investigation on the survival of this microorganism in such sites is therefore of the utmost importance. weekly water aliquots were thus taken from 2 ponds and 2 rivers in the state of rio de janeiro. the samples were divided into two identical portions, one of which was autoclav ...	2002	12244367
[pathogenic vibrios in oysters (crassostrea rhizophorae) served at restaurants in rio de janeiro: a public health warning].	forty oyster samples (crassostrea rhizophorae) served raw in 15 restaurants in the city of rio de janeiro were evaluated in order to investigate the presence of vibrio spp. the oyster samples were analyzed and subjected to enrichment in alkaline peptone water with the addition of 1 and 3% nacl and incubated at 37 degrees c for 24 hours. following this, the cultures were seeded onto thiosulfate citrate bile sucrose agar (tcbs) and the suspected colonies were subjected to biochemical characterizat ...	2007	17653465