

Author: Ryan Sadie J. Stewart-Ibarra Anna M. Ordóñez-Enireb Eunice Chu Winnie Finkelstein Julia L. King Christine A. Escobar Luis E. Lupone Christina Heras Froilan Tauzer Erica Waggoner Egan James Tyler G. Cárdenas Washington B. Polhemus Mark
Publisher: MDPI
E-ISSN: 1660-4601|15|3|486-486
ISSN: 1660-4601
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.15, Iss.3, 2018-03, pp. : 486-486
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Abstract
Cholera emergence is strongly linked to local environmental and ecological context. The 1991–2004 pandemic emerged in Perú and spread north into Ecuador’s El Oro province, making this a key site for potential re-emergence. Machala, El Oro, is a port city of 250,000 inhabitants, near the Peruvian border. Many livelihoods depend on the estuarine system, from fishing for subsistence and trade, to domestic water use. In 2014, we conducted biweekly sampling for 10 months in five estuarine locations, across a gradient of human use, and ranging from inland to ocean. We measured water-specific environmental variables implicated in cholera growth and persistence: pH, temperature, salinity, and algal concentration, and evaluated samples in five months for pathogenic and non-pathogenic
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