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of cabbages and chlorine: cholera in peru.the low case fatality rates (1%) from the 1991 cholera epidemic in peru was more a result of including diarrheas of a less virulent etiology than that of cholera. in fact, a study during the early phases of the cholera epidemic in trujillo, peru revealed that only 79% of suspected cholera cases were infected with vibrio cholera 01. further other people contended that the government of peru did not chlorinate many water supplies because studies by the us environmental protection agency suggeste ...19921351603
waterborne transmission of epidemic cholera in trujillo, peru: lessons for a continent at risk.the epidemic of cholera that began in peru in january, 1991, marked the first such epidemic in south america this century. subsequently, over 533,000 cases and 4700 deaths have been reported from nineteen countries in that hemisphere. we investigated the epidemic in trujillo, the second largest city in peru. trujillo's water supply was unchlorinated and water contamination was common. suspect cholera cases were defined as persons presenting to a health facility with acute diarrhoea between feb 1 ...19921351608
epidemic cholera in trujillo, peru 1992: utility of a clinical case definition and shift in vibrio cholerae o1 serotype.epidemic cholera continues in peru. since 1991, cholera surveillance in peru has been based mainly on clinical recognition. to determine the proportion of reported cholera patients who actually have cholera and to evaluate the clinical case definition used in surveillance, we cultured rectal swabs from patients presenting with acute diarrhea in march 1992 in trujillo, peru. of 197 patients meeting the clinical case definition, 174 (88%) had confirmed vibrio cholerae o1 infection. in this epidemi ...19948203704
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