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PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (33): Americas

Cholera -- HaitiBetween epidemiological week (EW) 1 and EW 38 [1 Jan-23 Sep] of 2016, a total of 29 630 cholera cases were reported in 4 countries of the Americas: the Dominican Republic (1069), Ecuador (1), Haiti (28 559), and Mexico (1). Of the total cases, 96.4 per cent were reported in Haiti. Table 1 shows the number of cholera cases reported in selected countries between 2010 and 2016.In the Dominican Republic, a total of 1069 suspected cholera cases, including 18 related deaths (case fatality Read more [...]