The annual number of deaths from diarrheal diseases among the 0–4 year age group in low-
and middle-income countries (LMICs) has dropped by 89 percent, from 4.6 million in 1980 to …

Background Cholera surveillance relies on clinical diagnosis of acute watery diarrhea.
Suspected cholera case definitions have high sensitivity but low specificity, challenging our …

Vibrios are a group of Gram-negative bacteria ubiquitous in our surrounding environments
and responsible for various clinically significant human infections. The three species …

Background Older children and adults are susceptible to rotavirus, but the extent to which
rotavirus affects this population is not fully understood, hindering accuracy of global rotavirus …

In Deadly River, Ralph R. Frerichs tells the story of the Haitian cholera epidemic, of a French
disease detective determined to trace its origins so that he could help contain the spread …

We investigated the antimicrobial susceptibility of 50 environmental isolates of Vibrio
cholerae non-O1/non-O139 collected in surface waters in Haiti in July 2012, during an active …

In October of 2010, an outbreak of cholera was confirmed in Haiti for the first time in more
than a century. A single clone of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor serotype Ogawa …

1. Franka EA, Shembesh MK, Zaied AA, El-Turki E, Zorgani A, Elahmer OR, et al. Multidrug
resistant bacteria in wounds of combatants of the Libyan uprising. J Infect. 2012; 65: 279–81 …

Background: Respiratory and diarrheal diseases are leading causes of morbidity and
mortality among children younger than 5 years in developing countries. Data on the burden …

Abstract Since October 2010, over 700,000 cholera cases have been reported in Haiti. We
used data from laboratory-based surveillance for diarrhea in Haiti to evaluate the sensitivity …