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Vibrio cholerae. CDC Works With Global Partners to End Cholera. Learn More. Cholera, caused by the bacteria Vibrio cholerae, is rare in the United States and other industrialized nations. Cholera can be life-threatening but it is easily prevented and treated. Travelers, public health, medical professionals, and outbreak responders should be ...
May 19, 2023 · In 2022, 44 countries reported cholera cases, a 25% increase from the 35 countries that reported cases in 2021. This trend continues into 2023. The recent outbreaks have also been more deadly, with case fatality rates being the highest recorded in over a decade. This increase in outbreaks and cases is stretching the global capacity to respond.
Sep 12, 2017 · The first cholera pandemic emerged out of the Ganges Delta with an outbreak in Jessore, India, in 1817, stemming from contaminated rice. The disease quickly spread throughout most of India, modern ...
Oct 31, 2022 · Published Oct. 31, 2022 Updated Nov. 1, 2022. A record number of cholera outbreaks around the globe, driven by droughts, floods and armed conflicts, has sickened hundreds of thousands of people ...
U.S. travelers to areas with cholera (for example, parts of Africa, Southeast Asia, or Haiti) may be exposed to Vibrio cholerae. During outbreaks in countries near the U.S., such as Haiti in 2010 and Latin America in the 1990s, cholera cases reported domestically increased.
Jan 12, 2023 · The first cholera outbreak in Haiti was reported in October 2010, 10 months after the catastrophic earthquake that killed >200,000 persons and displaced >1 million. The 2010 outbreak resulted in >820,000 cases and approximately 10,000 deaths ( 1, 2 ). Nearly 12 years after the outbreak began, Haiti was declared cholera-free on February 4, 2022 ...
Recent major outbreaks are the 2010s Haiti cholera outbreak and the 2016–2022 Yemen cholera outbreak. In October 2016, an outbreak of cholera began in war-ravaged Yemen. WHO called it "the worst cholera outbreak in the world". In 2019, 93% of the reported 923,037 cholera cases were from Yemen (with 1911 deaths reported).
