| microbiological and epidemiological investigation of cholera epidemic in ukraine during 1994 and 1995. | the ukraine cholera epidemic of 1994 and 1995 was caused by vibrio cholerae o1, serotype ogawa, biotype el tor. this epidemic was centred in the area around respublika krim (crimea) and mykolajiv, and spread to include parts of southern ukraine. cases of cholera occurred between september and november of 1994 and between june and october of 1995. the 32 fatalities among 1370 recorded cases (case fatality ratio, 2.3%) occurred throughout the course of the epidemic. v. cholerae from patients with ... | 1998 | 9747751 |