Korea: 2016 Cholera- 4th cases confirmed

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news...16_212566.html


Posted : 2016-08-23 17:47
Updated : 2016-08-23 18:02
1st cholera outbreak confirmed in 15 years
By Jung Min-ho

The government confirmed Korea's first cholera outbreak in 15 years, Tuesday.

A 59-year-old man in the southwestern city of Gwangju was confirmed Monday to have been infected with the acute diarrheal disease, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).

Given that the patient has no overseas travel records and cholera has a short incubation period (up to five days), the KCDC believes he is the first person since 2001 to be infected with the disease on Korean soil. There have been several other cases since 2001 but all the patients contracted the disease in other countries.

The KCDC is now conducting an epidemiologic investigation, while keeping him in isolation...

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Statement from the MoH:


Precautions urge compliance of the domestic generation of cholera patients


◇ ensure domestic cholera occurred in 15 years
◇ patients reported August 18 (male, age 59) Test results confirmed cholera
Domestic ◇ 2001 cholera outbreak in 15 years since the estimated domestic generation


□ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division jeonggiseok) was the urge caution on this report as the cholera patients are estimated to occur in 15 years in Korea since 2001.

○ 8, 2016 May 18 Gwangju material from 21 patients with jurisdiction over public health clinic in the future (male, 59 years) has been reported, August 22 laboratory test results cholera (V.cholerae) confirmed the 2016 immigration record No foreign force has confirmed that the travel, health authorities are conducting epidemiological studies to confirm the infection.

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[Shiloh]

Source: http://en.koreaportal.com/articles/2...-infection.htm

South Korea Confirms 3rd Case of Cholera Infection
by Karen Lydelle Linaja / Sep 01, 2016 06:40 AM EDT

South Korea has confirmed an additional case of Cholera increasing number of people infected by the water-borne disease to three.

According to the South Gyeongsang Provincial Government, a 64-year-old man living on the southern island of Geoje is presumed to have contracted the disease from eating seafood earlier this month...

[Shiloh]

Source: http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/...px?aid=3023455


Fourth cholera case confirmed in 1 month
Latest patient likely contracted disease while in Philippines
Sept 05,2016
Korea now has its fourth confirmed cholera case within a month?s time, health authorities said on Saturday.

The patient, a 47-year-old resident of Busan, showed symptoms on Aug. 29, a few hours after eating out at a sushi restaurant in Saha District, when he started suffering from diarrhea. It was one day after he had returned from a trip to the Philippines.

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) was notified on Tuesday, tested him and confirmed on Sunday that he is infected with the Vibrio cholerae bacterium, which causes cholera. The man is currently being quarantined and treated in a local hospital in Busan.

Given that the normal incubation period of the bacterium is two to three days, health authorities suspect the man may have caught the disease in the Philippines, where he stayed from Aug. 24 to 28...

[Shiloh]

Source: http://m.koreatimes.co.kr/phone/news...newsidx=213987

2016-09-12 17:09
Cholera mystery

Three cases of cholera have been reported, all on Geoje Island, South Gyeongsang Province. Fortunately, the disease often associated with developing countries so far appears contained. The Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) tracked the source of contamination down to the seawater off some shores of the island.

The stool samples from the three patients proved to be a 97.8 percent match to those of seawater samples in a DNA check. Numbers above 95 percent are regarded as a positive match.

The question is how the bacteria ended up in Geoje waters.

Tracking the route through which the bacteria enter the area before infections occur is as important as tracking the human contamination route because both help fight the spread of diseases and plug the holes for an onslaught next time. Officials in charge of anti-infectious diseases have not been good with this basic duty. The previous outbreak occurred in 2001 and the source of infection was a cook, who, not being aware of being infected, prepared food in a restaurant in North Gyeongsang Province. Over 140 people came down with the disease. Then as now, no entry route was confirmed...