22 November 2015 – The cholera outbreak in Iraq has continued to decline over the past 3 weeks with a few cases being reported from the affected districts or governorates. A total of 4858 laboratory-confirmed cases tested at provincial laboratories have been reported from the country, with 2 related deaths as of 17 November 2015.
Currently, 17 out of the 19 governorates in Iraq have reported laboratory-confirmed cases. The central public health laboratory has identified that the causative strain of this outbreak is Vibrio cholerae 01 Inaba. The strain has been found to be sensitive to commonly-used antibiotics, including tetracycline, ciprofloxacin and erythromycin. A total of 16 vibrio cholera isolates have been sent to the Pasteur Institute in France for genotyping and other advanced testing.
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22 November 2015 – The cholera outbreak in Iraq has continued to decline over the past 3 weeks with a few cases being reported from the affected districts or governorates. A total of 4858 laboratory-confirmed cases tested at provincial laboratories have been reported from the country, with 2 related deaths as of 17 November 2015.
Currently, 17 out of the 19 governorates in Iraq have reported laboratory-confirmed cases. The central public health laboratory has identified that the causative strain of this outbreak is Vibrio cholerae 01 Inaba. The strain has been found to be sensitive to commonly-used antibiotics, including tetracycline, ciprofloxacin and erythromycin. A total of 16 vibrio cholera isolates have been sent to the Pasteur Institute in France for genotyping and other advanced testing.
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