Cholera in Afghanistan

ABSTRACT

During the last week of April, 2011, cases of acute watery diarrhoea [AWD] were reported from different villages of Giro district under the Ghazni province of Afghanistan. Following field investigation by the Disease Early Warning System [DEWS] surveillance officers of the province, 255 cases of AWD with mild to moderate degree of dehydration were detected. One stool sample collected from one of the suspected cases, was tested positive for Vibrio cholerae 01 serotype Ogawa. Three [3] deaths were also reported from the area so far