Toxin producing Vibrio cholerae O75 outbreak, United States, March to April 2011

TJ M Onifade; R Hutchinson; K Van Zile; D Bodager; R Baker; C Blackmore

doi:10.2807/ese.16.20.19870-en

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Toxin producing Vibrio cholerae O75 outbreak, United States, March to April 2011

TJ M Onifade^1,2, R Hutchinson^1,2, K Van Zile^1,2, D Bodager^1,2, R Baker³, C Blackmore¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Florida Department of Health Bureau of Environmental Health Medicine, United States ² Food and Waterborne Disease Program, United States ³ Florida Department of Health Bureau of Laboratories, United States

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C Blackmore
Carina_Blackmore doh.state.fl.us
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Citation style for this article: Onifade TJ M, Hutchinson R, Van Zile K, Bodager D, Baker R, Blackmore C. Toxin producing Vibrio cholerae O75 outbreak, United States, March to April 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(20):pii=19870. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.16.20.19870-en Received: 16 May 2011

Abstract

The Florida Department of Health, Florida, United States, is investigating a Vibrio cholerae O75 outbreak. Ten cases with disease onsets from 23 March to 13 April 2011, presented with gastrointestinal symptoms of diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, cramps, chills, and/or fever, after consuming raw or lightly cooked oysters harvested from Apalachicola Bay, Florida. Symptoms were milder than those during outbreaks of epidemic (serogroup O1 and O139) Vibrio cholerae; no case required rehydration treatment or hospitalisation.