Prior Sources of Cholera Continue to Cause Cases in US

healio.com - October 19, 2012

"SAN DIEGO — Data presented today at the ID Week 2012 meeting indicate that most cholera cases reported in the United States are associated with the consumption of Gulf Coast seafood and travel to cholera-endemic countries between 2001 and 2010."

“Domestically acquired cholera from other sources is rare, but still occurs,” Loharikar said. “Our report demonstrates that after the outbreak of cholera in Haiti, which spread to the Dominican Republic, we saw a dramatic increase in US cases, all associated with travel to or from Hispaniola. Until access to an improved health infrastructure is seen in Haiti, we expect to see more cases from Hispaniola and other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America as cholera spreads to neighboring areas.”

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Report - Abstract - 653. Cholera in the United States, 2001 – 2011:  Role of Travel-Associated Illness in the Early 21^st Century
https://idsa.confex.com/idsa/2012/webprogram/Paper37464.html