Severe Acute Watery Diarrhoea with V. cholerae positive cases in Viet Nam

22 April 2008 -- Between 5 March and 22 April the Ministry of Health of Viet Nam reported 2490 cases of severe acute watery diarrhoea including 377 that were positive for Vibrio cholerae , the bacterium causing cholera. The serotype has been identified as 01 Ogawa. No deaths have been reported, a fact that indicates that good case management is in place.

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