آلودگي يخ و آب مصرفي به ويبركلرا در نقاط مختلف مشهد

Contamination of ice and cold water with Vibrio cholera in different parts of Mashhad

Hamedy A, (MD); Khosravi Khorashad A, (MD); Omidy A, (MD). Abstract: Cholera, a severe infectious disease, is endemic in Iran and some other tropical countries and occasionally spreads in appropriate conditions.Human, are the only natural host for the Vibrio cholera. Cholera is aquired by the ingestion of water or food contaminated with the feces of an infected individual. This research has considered contamination of microorganism specially Vibrio cholera in 100 ice and cold water samples in different areas of Mashhad city.Sampling was done by a special method, and then samples was transferred to specific media. The results were analysed using statistical methods. Overall, vibrion microorganism was isolated from 12% of samples and I% of all were contaminated with Vibrio cholerea. Regarding the results of this study, contamination of manufactured ice with cholera is possible, more attention of health system to control and prevent ice from contamination with organisms like Vibiro cholerae is necessary.