Abstract
Aim: The present study was conducted to determine the presence and prevalence of Campylobacter species in ground water in Sokoto, Sokoto State. Materials and Methods: The prevalence of Campylobacter species was determined by collecting a total of 74 water samples from wells in Sokoto over a period of four months from May to August 2011 and analyzed using cultural isolation techniques and biochemical characterization. Results: Totally 39 (52.70%) water samples were Campylobacter positive. The species identified were Campylobacter jejuni 23 (58.97%), Campylobacter coli 11 (28.21%) and Campylobacter hyointestinalis 5 (12.82%). Conclusion: Based on this study, the isolation of Campylobacter species from ground water (wells) in this study is of serious public health importance as untreated water has been implicated as the cause of sporadic infections and outbreaks of Campylobacteriosis worldwide.
Highlights
Thermophilic Campylobacters are among the most common bacteria that cause acute human and animal gastroenteritis worldwide [1,2,3,4]
The Campylobacter species isolated from the water samples were C. jejuni (58.97%), C. coli (28.21%) and C. hyointestinalis (12.82%)
The result of this study indicates that the overall prevalence of Campylobacter from ground water in this study was 52.70%
Summary
Thermophilic Campylobacters are among the most common bacteria that cause acute human and animal gastroenteritis worldwide [1,2,3,4]. Campylobacteriosis is an infectious disease caused by the gram negative bacteria Campylobacter [5,6,7]. Apart from contaminated food and drinking water, direct contact with carrier animals was found to be a possible source of infection for Campylobacter [8,9,10,11,12]. Well water is one of the major sources of drinking water in Sokoto metropolis. Campylobacter may be found in water sources such as wells that have been contaminated with feces from infected humans or animals. The rate of Campylobacter infections worldwide has been increasing with the number of cases often exceeding those of Salmonellosis and Shigellosis [5,18]
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