Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Cholera is an infection in the small intestine caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms are profuse, watery diarrhea and vomiting.
Read More at Wikipedia ›The cholera strain in Haiti is evolving, researchers reported Thursday, a sign that it may be taking deeper root in the nation less than two years after it appeared and killed thousands of people.
The study released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that the bacterium is changing as survivors acquire at least some immunity to the original bug, which apparently was imported from Nepal.Cholera experts also say such a development is expected and has happened in cholera epidemics around the world."This suggests that the ongoing epidemic in Haiti might be entering its next phase, since we see these shifts where cholera is endemic," said Dr. Edward T. Ryan, an infectious disease specialist with Massachusetts General Hospital who was not involved with the study.The change also means it could be easier for Haitians to fall ill a second time to the new cholera version because they don't have full immunity to it if they don't take precautions such as washing their h...From the point of view of those of us who study infectious disease, it was only a matter of time before a cholera outbreak occurred amid the devastation of post-eart...
Scientists reported Thursday the strongest evidence yet that a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 2,000 people in Haiti can be traced to South Asia.The analy...
Its capital is blighted with earthquake rubble. Its countryside is shorn of trees, chopped down for fuel. And yet, Haiti's land may hold the key to relieving centuri...
The parks filled with statues were heralded as a celebration of India's lowest caste. Authorities in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh are now investigating whethe...
In a country where the news is typically bad, if not catastrophic, many people in Haiti look at the past year under a musician-turned-president with guarded surprise...
In a country where the news is typically bad, if not catastrophic, many people in Haiti look at the past year under a musician-turned-president with guarded surprise...
PORT-AU-PRINCE , Haiti -- Evidence "strongly suggests" that a United Nations peacekeeping mission brought a cholera strain to Haiti that has killed thousands of peop...
A human rights group said Tuesday it has filed claims with the United Nations seeking damages on behalf of more than 5,000 Haitian cholera victims and their families...
World Health Organization officials said Friday that famine-hit Somalia faces a cholera epidemic as dirty water and poor sanitation are leading to an increase in out...
The U.N. children's agency says almost 2,500 people have died in one of the biggest cholera outbreaks western Africa has ever seen.UNICEF says more than 85,000 cases...
It began as a rumor that farmers saw waste from a U.N. peacekeeping base flow into a river. Within days of the talk, hundreds downstream had died from cholera.The mo...
PORT-AU-PRINCE , Haiti -- Haitians angry over the cholera epidemic ignored exhortations from health workers to stop violence that is disrupting treatment efforts, an...
The chief advocates for a cholera vaccination program in Haiti will begin distributing the vaccine this weekend after a government ethics committee gave approval fol...
Health officials are investigating what could be a new cholera outbreak in the northern Dominican Republic, where one woman died and more than 200 people have sought...
Health officials in the Dominican Republic say six people have died after contracting cholera in a northern village hit by a new outbreak of the disease.Authorities ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE , Haiti -- A 3-year-old boy from a Port-au-Prince tent city was confirmed by health authorities to have cholera Monday, proving Haiti's growing epidem...
The cholera outbreak that has killed nearly 5,000 people in Haiti was caused by a South Asian strain that contaminated a river where tens of thousands of people wash...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A case of the deadly, waterborne disease cholera has been confirmed in Pakistan's flood-ravaged northwest, and aid workers expect there to be more, ...
U.N. investigators took samples of foul-smelling waste trickling behind a Nepalese peacekeeping base toward an infected river system on Wednesday, following persiste...
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