Table 5 PXVX0200 viability when reconstituted in bottled spring and purified bottled waters (2016).

From: CVD 103-HgR live, attenuated cholera vaccine strain viability in drinking waters from the US and Europe

Water label

Brand

Arithmetic mean CFU/dose post reconstitution

T0

15 min

30 min

Bottled spring water

Poland Spring

1.02 × 109 ± 7.07 × 106

1.03 × 109 ± 5.87 × 107

8.12 × 108 ± 1.24 × 108

Deer Park

1.04 × 109 ± 0.00

9.92 × 108 ± 2.55 × 107

7.84 × 108 ± 7.07 × 107

Ozarka

1.08 × 109 ± 2.12 × 107

1.03 × 109 ± 7.07 × 106

8.90 × 108 ± 4.38 × 107

Evian

1.19 × 109 ± 1.41 × 107

1.11 × 109 ± 3.54 × 107

9.93 × 108 ± 2.47 × 107

Crystal Geyser

1.17 × 109 ± 2.83 × 107

1.21 × 109 ± 7.78 × 107

1.07 × 109 ± 4.95 × 107

Arrowhead

1.24 × 109 ± 1.41 × 107

1.13 × 109 ± 4.24 × 107

1.07 × 109 ± 3.54 × 107

Purified bottled water

DASANI

1.10 × 109 ± 4.95 × 107

1.17 × 109 ± 3.54 × 107

1.02 × 109 ± 0.00

Aquafina

1.11 × 109 ± 7.07 × 107

8.98 × 108 ± 2.12 × 106

7.12 × 108 ± 1.06 × 107

Nestle Pure Life

1.08 × 109 ± 1.41 × 107

1.04 × 109 ± 5.66 × 107

8.83 × 108 ± 2.76 × 107

Glaceau Smartwater

1.07 × 109 ± 7.07 × 106

8.90 × 108 ± 7.14 × 107

8.03 × 108 ± 5.73 × 107

Niagara

9.87 × 108 ± 1.89 × 108

8.76 × 108 ± 8.91 × 107

7.07 × 108 ± 1.20 × 107

Kirkland Select

1.03 × 109 ± 9.19 × 107

8.69 × 108 ± 7.64 × 107

8.48 × 108 ± 2.47 × 107

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