Mexico Reports 3 New Cholera Cases: Total Now 187 Robert Herriman - The Global Dispatch
go to original December 25, 2013

A short animated film produced by the Global Health Media Project in collaboration with Yoni Goodman. This film makes visible the invisible cholera germs as a young boy shows how to help the sick and guides his village in preventing the spread of cholera. (globalhealthmediaorg)

Three new cholera cases have been confirmed in Mexico, the first cases in a month, bringing the total number of cases to 187, according to a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) cholera Epidemiological Update released Dec. 23. One case was reported from Federal District and two from the state of Veracruz.

Since Sept. 2013, the 187 cases are from the Federal District (3), state of Hidalgo (160),  Mexico State (9), state of San Luis Potosi (2) and 13 from the state of Veracruz. The outbreak has resulted in one fatality.

... According to the WHO, Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Every year, there are an estimated 3–5 million cholera cases and 100,000–120,000 deaths due to cholera. The short incubation period of two hours to five days, enhances the potentially explosive pattern of outbreaks.

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