Thursday, 20 September 2018

PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (35): Africa (Saudi Arabia, Algeria)

Cholera -- Saudi Arabia
On 23 Aug 2018, the Algerian Ministry of Health (MoH) announced an outbreak of cholera in northern parts of the country, in and around the capital province Algiers. From 7 Aug 2018 to 6 Sep 2018, 217 cases with cholera-like symptoms have been hospitalized, 2 of the patients died (CFR: 0.9%). Cases have been reported from 7 provinces (wilayas). Of these, 83 have been confirmed as _Vibrio cholerae_ serogroup O1 Ogawa at the Institut Pasteur Algiers. More than half of the confirmed cases have

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6039245&promed&0

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