lunes, 5 de noviembre de 2007

Figures in Chile:


Prevalente in 80 countries in the world and in recent years the Americas region has been affected by an epidemic. The timely and accurate monitoring is a very important tool for disease control in the Americas. In Chile the first case was filed in 1991, reported 147 Cases until 1994 and after that date disappeared. At the end of 1997 there was an outbreak in the town of San Pedro de Atacama, north of the country, which affected 23 people, with a case fatality rate of 8.7%. In environmental samples from 1991 until 1998, have confirmed 88 strains of Vibrio cholerae 01.

In Chile, in the latest outbreak lethality was 8.7%.

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