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Cholera
MMWR Articles
Cholera Epidemic Associated with Raw Vegetables --- Lusaka, Zambia, 2003-2004. MMWR September 3, 2004/Vol. 53/ No.34.
150 th Anniversary of John Snow and the pump Handle,
MMWR September 3, 2004/Vol. 53/ No.34.Cholera Associated with Food Transported from El Salvador - Indiana, 1994.
MMWR May 26, 1995 / Vol. 44 / No. 20.Update: Vibrio cholerae O1 - Western Hemisphere, 1991-1994, and V. cholerae O139 - Asia, 1994. MMWR March 24, 1995 / Vol. 44 / No. 11.
Surveillance for Cholera - Cochabamba Department, Bolivia, January-June 1992
MMWR August 27, 1993 / Vol. 42 / No. 33.Imported Cholera Associated with a Newly Described Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O139 Strain - California, 1993. MMWR July 9, 1993 / Vol. 42 / No. 26.
Epidemic Cholera - Burundi and Zimbabwe, 1992-1993. MMWR June 4, 1993 / Vol. 42 / No. 21.
Update: Cholera - Western Hemisphere, 1992 MMWR February 12, 1993 / Vol. 42 / No. 5.
Links
Cholera: Basic Facts for Travelers, WHO
Dealing with a Cholera Emergency: Essential Information, WHO
Guidelines for Cholera Control, WHO
Management of Patients with Cholera, WHO
Surveillance and Response (IDSR)
Laboratory methods for the Diagnosis of Virio cholerae PDF - 2.11MB
References
Crump J, Bopp C, Greene KD, Kubota KA, Middendorf RL, Wells JG, Mintz ED. Emergence of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O141 causing cholera-like diarrhea and bloodstream infection in the United States. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2003;187:866-868.
Steinberg EB, Green KD, Bopp CA, Cameron DN, Wells JG, Mintz ED. Cholera in the United States, 1995-2000: trends at the end of the millennium. J Infect Dis 2001; 184: 799-802.
Mintz ED, Tauxe, RT, Levine MM. The global resurgence of cholera. In: Noah N, O'Mahoney M, eds. Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Control. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998.
Ackers M, Pagaduan R, Hart G, et al. Cholera and sliced fruit: probable secondary transmission from an asymptomatic carrier in the United States. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1997;1:212-14.
Mahon BE, Mintz ED, Greene KD, Wells JG, Tauxe RV. Reported cholera in the United States, 1992-1994: a reflection of global changes in cholera epidemiology. JAMA 1996;276:307-312.
Boyce TG, Mintz ED, Greene KD, et al. Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal infections among tourists to southeast Asia: an intercontinental foodborne outbreak. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1995;172:1401-4.
Tauxe RV, Mintz ED, Quick, RE. Epidemic cholera in the new world: translating field epidemiology into new prevention strategies. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1995;1:141-146.
Mintz ED, Effler PV, Maslankowski LA, et al. A rapid public health response to a cryptic outbreak of cholera in Hawaii. American Journal of Public Health, 1994; 84:1988-1991.
Wachsmuth IK, Blake PA, Olsvik O, eds. Vibrio cholerae and cholera: molecular to global perspectives. Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology, 1994.
World Health Organization. Guidelines for cholera control. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1993.
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