Resources and Publications

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When to Consider Cholera
November 14, 2011
CDC Expert Dr. Robert Quick discusses when to consider cholera.

Resources

Laboratory Diagnostic Resources

• Laboratory Testing for Cholera

Outbreak Response

• Cholera outbreak: assessing the outbreak response and improving preparedness (in English, French, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Swahili), WHO

Additional Information

• The Global Task Force on Cholera Control, WHO
• Cholera: Basic Facts for Travelers, WHO
  • Dealing with a Cholera Emergency: Essential Information, WHO
  • Guidelines for Cholera Control, WHO
  • Management of Patients with Cholera, WHO
• CDC Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR)
• CDC's Safe Water System
• Haiti Cholera Info for Health Professionals

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Publications

Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal

• Dunkle SE, Mba-Jonas A, Loharikar A, Fouché B, Peck M, Ayers T, et al. Epidemic cholera in a crowded urban environment, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 2010. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17(11):2143-6.
• Morris JG Jr. Cholera—modern pandemic disease of ancient lineage. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17(11):2099-104.
• Newton AE, Heiman KE, Schmitz A, Török T, Apostolou A, Hanson H, et al. Cholera in United States associated with epidemic in Hispaniola. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17(11):2166-8.
• Reimer AR, Van Domselaar G, Stroika S, Walker M, Kent H, Tarr C, et al. Comparative genomics of Vibrio cholerae from Haiti, Asia, and Africa. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17(11):2113-21.
• Sjölund-Karlsson M, Reimer A, Folster JP, Walker M, Dahourou GA , Batra DG, et al. Drug resistance mechanisms in Vibrio cholerae O1 outbreak strain, Haiti, 2010. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17(11):2151-4.
• Tappero JW, Tauxe RV. Lessons learned during public health response to cholera epidemic in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17(11):2087-93.

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MMWR Articles

• CDC. Notes from the Field: Identification of Vibrio cholerae Serogroup O1, Serotype Inaba, Biotype El Tor Strain — Haiti, March 2012. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012;61:309.
• CDC. Update on Cholera—Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Florida, 2010. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010;59:1637–41.
• CDC. Update: outbreak of cholera—Haiti, 2010. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010;59:1586–90.
• CDC. Update: cholera outbreak—Haiti, 2010. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010;59:1473–9.
• CDC. Cholera outbreak—Haiti, October 2010. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010;59:1411.
• CDC. Cholera Epidemic Associated with Raw Vegetables—Lusaka, Zambia, 2003-2004. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2004;53(34):783-6.
• CDC. 150th Anniversary of John Snow and the Pump Handle. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2004;53(34):783.
• CDC. Cholera Associated with Food Transported from El Salvador - Indiana, 1994. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1995;44(20):385-6.
• CDC. Update: Vibrio cholerae O1 - Western Hemisphere, 1991-1994, and V. cholerae O139 - Asia, 1994. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1995;44(11):215-219.
• CDC. Surveillance for Cholera - Cochabamba Department, Bolivia, January-June 1992. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1993;42(33):636-9.
• CDC. Imported Cholera Associated with a Newly Described Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O139 Strain - California, 1993. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1993;42(26):501-3.
• CDC. Epidemic Cholera - Burundi and Zimbabwe, 1992-1993. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1993;42(21):407-9, 415-6.
• CDC. Update: Cholera - Western Hemisphere, 1992. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1993;42(05):89-91.

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References

• Barzilay EJ, Schaad N, Magloire R, Mung KS, Boncy J, Dahourou GA, Mintz ED, Steenland MW, Vertefeuille JF, Tappero JW. Cholera surveillance during the Haiti epidemic – the first 2 years. N Engl J Med. 2013. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1204927.
• Waldman RJ, Mintz ED, Papowitz H. The cure for cholera – improving access to safe water and sanitation. N Engl J Med. 2013. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1214179.
• Mintz ED, Guerrant RL. A Lion in Our Village – The Unconscionable Tragedy of Cholera in Africa. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:1060-3.
• Crump J, Bopp C, Greene KD, Kubota KA, Middendorf RL, Wells JG, Mintz ED. Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae serogroup O141-associated cholera-like diarrhea and bloodstream infection in the United States. J Infect Dis. 2003;187(5):866-8.
• Steinberg EB, Green KD, Bopp CA, Cameron DN, Wells JG, Mintz ED. Cholera in the United States, 1995-2000: trends at the end of the twentieth century. J Infect Dis. 2001;184(6):799-802.
• Mintz ED, Tauxe, RT, Levine MM. The global resurgence of cholera. In: Noah N, O'Mahoney M, eds. Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Control. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998.
• Ackers M, Pagaduan R, Hart G, et al. Cholera and sliced fruit: probable secondary transmission from an asymptomatic carrier in the United States. J Infect Dis. 1997;1:212-14.
• Mahon BE, Mintz ED, Greene KD, Wells JG, Tauxe RV. Reported cholera in the United States, 1992-1994: a reflection of global changes in cholera epidemiology. JAMA 1996;276(4):307-12.
• Boyce TG, Mintz ED, Greene KD, et al. Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal infections among tourists to southeast Asia: an intercontinental foodborne outbreak. J Infect Dis. 1995;172(5):1401-4.
• Tauxe RV, Mintz ED, Quick, RE. Epidemic Cholera in the New World: Translating Field Epidemiology into New Prevention Strategies. Emerg Infect Dis. 1995;1(4):141-6.
• Mintz ED, Effler PV, Maslankowski LA, et al. A rapid public health response to a cryptic outbreak of cholera in Hawaii. Am J Pub Health. 1994;84(12):1988-91.
• Wachsmuth IK, Blake PA, Olsvik O, eds. Vibrio cholerae and cholera: molecular to global perspectives. Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology. 1994. World Health Organization. Guidelines for cholera control. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1993.

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