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: Received: 3 September 2024 / Approved: 4 September 2024 / Online: 4 September 2024 (12:07:45 CEST)
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Ibányez-Payá, P.; Blasco, A.; Ros-Lis, J. V.; Fouz, B.; Amaro, C. Electrolyzed Water Treatment for the Control of the Zoonotic Pathogen Vibrio vulnificus in Aquaculture: A One Health Per-Spective. Preprints2024, 2024090332. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0332.v1
Ibányez-Payá, P.; Blasco, A.; Ros-Lis, J. V.; Fouz, B.; Amaro, C. Electrolyzed Water Treatment for the Control of the Zoonotic Pathogen Vibrio vulnificus in Aquaculture: A One Health Per-Spective. Preprints 2024, 2024090332. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0332.v1
Ibányez-Payá, P.; Blasco, A.; Ros-Lis, J. V.; Fouz, B.; Amaro, C. Electrolyzed Water Treatment for the Control of the Zoonotic Pathogen Vibrio vulnificus in Aquaculture: A One Health Per-Spective. Preprints2024, 2024090332. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0332.v1
APA Style
Ibányez-Payá, P., Blasco, A., Ros-Lis, J. V., Fouz, B., & Amaro, C. (2024). Electrolyzed Water Treatment for the Control of the Zoonotic Pathogen Vibrio vulnificus in Aquaculture: A One Health Per-Spective. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0332.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Ibányez-Payá, P., Belén Fouz and Carmen Amaro. 2024 "Electrolyzed Water Treatment for the Control of the Zoonotic Pathogen Vibrio vulnificus in Aquaculture: A One Health Per-Spective" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0332.v1
Abstract
Vibrio vulnificus (Vv) is a bacterial pathogen native to warm and brackish water ecosystems that can cause fatal septicemia (Vv-vibriosis) in humans and various farmed fish species. From a One Health perspective, controlling Vv-vibriosis outbreaks on farms is essential not only for animal but also for human health, as it reduces the risk of Vv transmission to humans. Electrolyzed water (EW) is a sustainable control method, exhibiting transient disinfectant properties due to the formation of hypochlorous acid (HOCl). We hypothesized that EW could effectively reduce Vv populations in aquaculture facilities, preventing outbreak emergence. To test this hypothesis, survival assays in EW were conducted under varying conditions of salinity, pH, and free available chlorine (FAC). The results indicated that an intermediate concentration of FAC had a significant bactericidal effect on Vv populations regardless of the condition and tested strain. Consequently, the strategic use of EW could serve as an eco-friendly preventive and control measure against Vv-vibriosis by significantly decreasing the bacterial load in farm water.
Keywords
Vibrio vulnificus; electrolyzed water; One Health; vibriosis; hypochlorous acid; zoonotic pathogen; sustainable control measures
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology
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