NewsDesk @bactiman63 Cholera is a major public health concern in many parts of the world. We see large numbers today in Africa and South Asia. We’ve seen massive outbreaks in Haiti and Yemen over the...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 During the past month, South African health officials have reported four additional cholera cases, bring the total to 10 since early February. All new cases were detected in Gauteng...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Haiti’s Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population reported 207 confirmed cholera cases since October 2, when the first cases were reported in the country in three...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 After more than 3 years with no cases of cholera reported in Haiti, on 2 October 2022, the national authorities reported two confirmed cases of Vibrio cholerae O1 in the greater Port-au-Prince...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the resurgent cholera situation in Haiti, the Department of Epidemiology, Laboratories and Research (DELR) of the Ministry of Public Health reports that as of October...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Between October 2010 and February 2019, over 820,000 cases of cholera, including nearly 10,000 deaths, were reported in Haiti. On October 20, 2010, an outbreak of cholera was confirmed...

Free-swimming cholera bacteria are much less infectious than bacteria in biofilms, aggregates of bacterial cells embedded in a sticky matrix that form on surfaces. This accounts for the surprising effectiveness...

Since the Haiti cholera outbreak began in October 2010, months after the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake, more than 800,000 cases have been reported, including about 9500 deaths. Although the numbers have decreased...

The pathogen, Vibrio cholerae can colonize the surfaces, as well as the intestines of soft shelled turtles. This finding is strong evidence that soft shelled turtles in China, where they are grown for...

Since our last report on the cholera epidemic in Yemen Sunday, an additional 3000 suspected cases were recorded, bringing the outbreak total to more than 32,300 cases in 25 days. The death toll has risen...