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May 14, 2024 · With modern water and sewer treatment systems, there are now typically fewer than 20 U.S. cholera cases a year, most of which are related to travel to countries where cholera is prevalent. U.S. travelers can drink water or eat food containing cholera bacteria while abroad, then get sick after returning home.
- Cholera: Causes and How It Spreads
About 1 in 10 people will develop severe symptoms of cholera...
- About Cholera
Cholera is an infection of the intestines caused by the...
- Cholera: Causes and How It Spreads
Dec 16, 2022 · The average cholera CFR reported globally in 2021 was 1.9% (2.9% in Africa), well above acceptable (<1%) and the highest recorded in over a decade. This year the number of cholera cases and cholera-associated deaths have surged globally following years of decline. Of particular concern are the outbreaks in 13 countries, which did not report ...
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Feb 1, 2020 · Despite millions of infections and thousands of deaths worldwide each year, cholera remains rare in the United States, with the few cases each year usually being the result of pathogen acquisition while the patient traveled abroad.
- Ganesh Maniam, Emily N. Nguyen, John Scott Milton
- 2020
Recent Findings. From 1990 to 2016, the reported global burden of cholera fluctuated between 74,000 and 595,000 cases per year; however, modeling estimates suggest the real burden is between 1.3 and 4.0 million cases and 95,000 deaths yearly. In 2018, the World Health Assembly endorsed a new initiative to reduce cholera deaths by 90% and ...
- William Davis, Rupa Narra, Eric D. Mintz
- 2018/09
- 10.1007/s40471-018-0162-z
Mar 13, 2023 · The differences in cholera deaths by region between males and females are less obvious. Less than 1% of the total cholera deaths occurred in the Region of Americas and European Regions. Figure 2. The number of cholera deaths, by regions of World Health Organization and sexes, 2019 (Source of data Ref. [ 10 ]).
