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Man flying back to Miami appears to have cholera
Suspected infection third in Florida linked to Haiti outbreak
By Bob LaMendola, Sun Sentinel
3:28 p.m. EST, November 26, 2010
A physician returning from a medical mission in Haiti appears to have brought Florida the third case of cholera stemming from the outbreak on the beleaguered island, health officials said Friday.
The man developed symptoms during an American Airlines flight from neighboring Dominican Republic to Miami on Thursday evening and was hospitalized in Miami, said Dr. Fermin Leguen, chief of disease control at the Miami-Dade County Health Department. He is stable and recovering.
Man flying back to Miami appears to have cholera
Suspected infection third in Florida linked to Haiti outbreak
By Bob LaMendola, Sun Sentinel
3:28 p.m. EST, November 26, 2010
A physician returning from a medical mission in Haiti appears to have brought Florida the third case of cholera stemming from the outbreak on the beleaguered island, health officials said Friday.
The man developed symptoms during an American Airlines flight from neighboring Dominican Republic to Miami on Thursday evening and was hospitalized in Miami, said Dr. Fermin Leguen, chief of disease control at the Miami-Dade County Health Department. He is stable and recovering.