Thursday, November 18, 2010

Cholera from Haiti to Florida

"The first known case of cholera in the United States linked to the outbreak in Haiti was confirmed Wednesday by health officials who said a southwest Florida woman contracted the disease while visiting family in a region at the heart of Haiti’s epidemic." 
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     On Wednesday, November 17th, heath officials confirmed that a case of cholera was linked to the outbreak in Haiti. The woman who was diagnosed with cholera had spent some time in the Artibonite region in Haiti. She has spend five days in the hospital and is expected to have a full recovery.

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