Cholera in United States Associated with Epidemic in Hispaniola

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 consum...

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Autores principales: 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.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22204035
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1711.110808
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Sumario: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.

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