Multinational cholera outbreak after wedding in the Dominican Republic.
We conducted a case–control study of a cholera outbreak after a wedding in the Dominican Republic, January 22, 2011. Ill persons were more likely to report having consumed shrimp on ice (odds ratio 8.50) and ice cubes in beverages (odds ratio 3.62). Travelers to cholera affected areas should avoid consuming uncooked seafood and untreated water.
Field Epidemiology Training Program, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. mercelaura@gmail.com
Mercedes Laura
ML
Jiménez
Andria
A
Apostolou
Alba Jazmin Palmera
AJ
Suarez
Luis
L
Meyer
Salvador
S
Hiciano
Anna
A
Newton
Oliver
O
Morgan
Cecilia
C
Then
Raquel
R
Pimentel
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001628:Beverages / Q000382:microbiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004293:Dominican Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017747:Seafood / Q000382:microbiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D041241:Vibrio cholerae O1 / Q000302:isolation & purification; D055815:Young Adult