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cholera epidemic in baghdad during 1999: clinical and bacteriological profile of hospitalized cases.	an epidemic of cholera in iraq was anticipated for the year 1999 and a plan of notification and treatment of cases of diarrhoea was made. this paper documents the clinical and bacteriological profile of cholera cases admitted to the 6 hospitals in baghdad during the epidemic. the number of stool culture-positive cases was 874. the peak incidence of cases (june 1999) was earlier than previous epidemics with no cases registered in november/december 1999. all age groups were affected and the case f ...	2005	16532666
cholera outbreak in baghdad in 2007: an epidemiological study.	in 2007 there was an epidemic of cholera in iraq with 4667 cases. the first case in baghdad was diagnosed on 19 september 2007 and the last case on 13 december 2007. in all, 136 cases were reported (2.9% of the country total) in 6 of the 13 districts of baghdad. the median age of the cases was 11 years (range = 0.3-71 years). there were 3 deaths giving a case fatality rate of 2.2%. bacteriological testing confirmed that the outbreak was caused by vibrio cholerae o1, biotype el tor, serotype inab ...	2010	20799583