| cholera--new york, 1991. | through june 26, 1991, cholera has been reported from seven countries in the western hemisphere: brazil, chile, colombia, ecuador, mexico, peru, and the united states. in the united states, a total of 14 confirmed cases of epidemic-associated cholera have been reported among persons in florida (one) (1), georgia (one) (2), new jersey (eight) (1), and new york (four). this report summarizes information regarding the four cases reported in new york and describes a new laboratory procedure used to ... | 1991 | 2072887 |
| cholera in louisiana. widening spectrum of seafood vehicles. | the largest cholera outbreak in the united states in over a century occurred in louisiana from august through october 1986. eighteen persons in 12 family clusters had stool culture or serologic evidence of infection with toxigenic vibrio cholerae 0-group 1. thirteen of these persons had severe diarrhea, and 4 required intensive care unit treatment. although all 18 survived, 1 96-year-old woman with suspected cholera died shortly after hospital admission. a case-control study showed that case-pat ... | 1989 | 2774784 |
| brucellosis in the united states, 1960-1972. an abattoir-associated disease. part ii. diagnostic aspects. | | 1974 | 4612293 |
| serum igm levels against select marine bacteria in the atlantic sharpnose shark (rhizoprionodon terraenovae) from three estuaries. | the atlantic sharpnose shark (rhizoprionodon terraenovae) is abundant and easily captured throughout the southeastern united states. therefore this species serves as an ideal model for generating basic immunological reagents to establish baseline information regarding the immunophysiology of sharks in the wild, and for attempting to correlate shark immune responses to potential pathogens with the quality of the habitat in which they reside. sharpnose shark serum igm was purified over a protein-a ... | 2006 | 16750427 |
| severe diarrhea caused by cholera toxin-producing vibrio cholerae serogroup o75 infections acquired in the southeastern united states. | from 2003 through 2007, vibrio cholerae serogroup o75 strains possessing the cholera toxin gene were isolated from 6 patients with severe diarrhea, including 3 in georgia, 2 in alabama, and 1 in south carolina. these reports represent the first identification of v. cholerae o75 as a cause of illness in the united states. v. cholerae o75 was isolated from a water sample collected from a pond in louisiana in 2004. subsequently, 3 v. cholerae isolates from louisiana (2 from patients with diarrhea i ... | 2008 | 18781876 |