Volume 1, Number 4—October 1995
Dispatch
Epidemic Cholera in the New World: Translating Field Epidemiology into New Prevention Strategies
Table 2
Mechanisms of transmission of epidemic cholera in Latin America, as determined in eight epidemiologic - investigations, 1991-1993a
| Peru |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transmission mechanism | Trujillo Urban 3/91 (15) | Piura Urban 3/91 (16) | Iquitos Urban 7/91 (17) | Ecuador Guayaquil Urban 7/91 (18) | El Salvador Rural 3/91 (19) | Bolivia Saipina Rural 2/92 (20) | Brazil Fortaleza Rural 6/93 + b | Guatemala Guatemala City Urban 7/93 (21) |
| Waterborne | ||||||||
| Municipal water | + | + | + | |||||
| Surface water | + | + | + | + | ||||
| Putting hands in water vessel | + | + | ||||||
| Foodborne | ||||||||
| Street vendors' foods | + | |||||||
| Street vendors' beverages | + | + | + | |||||
| Street vendors' ice/ices | + | + | ||||||
| Leftover rice | + | + | + | |||||
| Fruits/vegetables | + | + | ||||||
| Seafood | ||||||||
| Uncooked seafood | + | |||||||
| Cooked seafood |
+ |
+ |
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| a Reference numbers are in parentheses. b CDC unpublished data. | ||||||||
