| outbreak of cholera associated with crab brought from an area with epidemic disease. | from 31 march through 3 april 1991, 8 new jersey residents developed severe, watery diarrhea after eating crabmeat brought back in the suitcase of a traveler to ecuador. stool cultures yielded toxigenic vibrio cholerae o1, serotype inaba, biotype el tor from 4 persons, and vibriocidal antibody titers were > or = 1:640 in 7 persons, indicating recent infection with vibrio cholerae o1. eating crab was statistically associated with illness (p = .006); however, no leftover crabmeat was available for ... | 1992 | 1431260 |
| 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 |
| vibriosis, not cholera: toxigenic vibrio cholerae non-o1, non-o139 infections in the united states, 1984-2014. | toxigenic strains of vibrio cholerae serogroups o1 and o139 have caused cholera epidemics, but other serogroups - such as o75 or o141 - can also produce cholera toxin and cause severe watery diarrhoea similar to cholera. we describe 31 years of surveillance for toxigenic non-o1, non-o139 infections in the united states and map these infections to the state where the exposure probably originated. while serogroups o75 and o141 are closely related pathogens, they differ in how and where they infect ... | 2016 | 27510301 |