clinical stool samples) collected from various sources were subjected to Polymerase Chain
Reaction (PCR) and cultural methods for the presence of Vibrio cholerae. Eighty samples
(19 water, 16 fish, 20 crab, 6 shrimp, 4 meat, 3 milk, and 12 clinical stool samples) were
positive by PCR targeting ompW gene, whereas only 59 samples (12 water, 13 fish, 16 crab,
5 shrimp, 3 meat, 2 milk and 8 clinical stool samples) were positive by cultural methods …