Open AccessCholera in the Mediterranean: outbreak in Albania
Author(s) -
Donato Greco,
I Luizzi,
A Sallabanda,
Arvin Dibra,
E Kacarricy,
Laidon Shapo
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.00.00.00125-en
Subject(s) - cholera , vibrio cholerae , outbreak , mediterranean climate , geography , el tor , virology , biology , genetics , archaeology , bacteria
In the 1990s, an epidemic of cholera caused by Vibrio cholerae 01 El Tor has spread from northern Pakistan to the Mediterranean. In 1993 sporadic cases of cholera, and epidemic foci, were recorded in many countries of the southern part of Eastern Europe.