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- Title
Cholera in United States Associated with Epidemic in Hispaniola.
- Authors
Newton, Anna E.; Heiman, Katherine E.; Schmitz, Ann; Török, Tom; Apostolou, Andria; Hanson, Heather; Gounder, Prabhu; Bohm, Susan; Kurkjian, Katie; Parsons, Michele; Talkington, Deborah; Stroika, Steven; Madoff, Lawrence C.; Elson, Franny; Sweat, David; Cantu, Venessa; Akwari, Okey; Mahon, Barbara E.; Mintz, Eric D.
- Abstract
Cholera is rare in the United States (annual average 6 cases). Since epidemic cholera began in Hispaniola in 2010, a total of 23 cholera cases caused by toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 have been confirmed in the United States. Twenty-two case-patients reported travel to Hispaniola and 1 reported consumption of seafood from Haiti.
- Subjects
HISPANIOLA; HAITI; UNITED States; CHOLERA; EPIDEMICS; VIBRIO cholerae; SEAFOOD
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011, Vol 17, Issue 11, p2166
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1711.110808