Abstract
CHOLERA is no stranger to the United States. Cases were identified in this country during four of the seven worldwide cholera pandemics that have occurred since 1817: over 150,000 Americans died in 1832 and 1849 when the protracted second cholera pandemic twice visited the United States; 50,000 died in 1866 during the fourth pandemic; and cases were reported in New York and Massachusetts in 1911, during the sixth pandemic.1 2 3 Within the past decade cases have again been reported in the United States,4 5 6 7 and cholera is now apparently endemic along the U.S. Gulf Coast.6 Vibrio species other than Vibrio cholerae have.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 343-350 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
Volume | 312 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 7 1985 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)