CHOLERA EPIDEMIOLOGY IN LATIN-AMERICA AND PERSPECTIVES FOR ERADICATION

Authors
KUMATE J SEPULVEDA J GUTIERREZ G
Citation
J. Kumate et al., CHOLERA EPIDEMIOLOGY IN LATIN-AMERICA AND PERSPECTIVES FOR ERADICATION, Bulletin de l'Institut Pasteur, 96(4), 1998, pp. 217-226
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
Virology,Microbiology,Immunology
Journal title
Bulletin de l'Institut Pasteur → ACNP
ISSN journal
00202452
Volume
96
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
217 - 226
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-2452(1998)96:4<217:CEILAP>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
An explosive cholera outbreak with Vibrio cholerae O1, Inaba, El Tor b egan in Peru in January 1991 and extended to all the Latin American co untries except Uruguay and the Caribbean. The number of cases diminish ed from 396,363 in 1991 to 17,260 in 1997, while the fatality rate rem ained around 1%. The source and features of the epidemic and the prosp ects for the eradication of cholera in Latin America are discussed.