2014-2015 West and Central African cholera outbreak

Declared in June 2014, the West and Central African cholera outbreak as of January 25, 2015 claimed 1,683 registered deaths and over 91,361 reported cases with a reported case fatality rate (CFR) of 2% in 11 countries, which is 3 times more than in 2013. The case fatality ratio is high in the Sahelian area, equal or greater than 2%, especially in Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger. Nigeria, Ghana and Democratic Republic of the Congo being the most affected countries with Ghana reporting its worst outbreak since 1982.^[3][4]

In January 2015 the Greater Accra Region and Volta region still reported cases of Cholera while in the rest of Ghana the outbreak was declared over.^[5] As of January 11 the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and Nigeria are the countries with highest number of new cases of the disease in 2015.^[6]

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Cholera Cholera Symptoms Treatment Prevention Susceptibility Transmission Diagnosis History Cholera bacteria Vibrio cholerae Strains: El Tor Discovery: 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak John Snow Reverend Henry Whitehead Treatment Oral rehydration therapy Antibiotics: Tetracycline cotrimoxazole erythromycin doxycycline chloramphenicol furazolidone Fluoroquinolones: norfloxacin Outbreaks Cholera pandemics: First cholera pandemic Second cholera pandemic Third cholera pandemic Fourth cholera pandemic Fifth cholera pandemic Sixth cholera pandemic Seventh cholera pandemic Other outbreaks: 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak 2007 Iraq cholera outbreak 2008 Congo cholera outbreak 2008–2009 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak 2010 Haiti cholera outbreak 2012 Sierra Leonean cholera outbreak 2014-2015 West and Central African cholera outbreak Index of bacterial disease Description Bacteria classification Growth media Disease Gram-positive firmicutes Gram-positive actinobacteria Gram-negative proteobacteria Gram-negative non-proteobacteria Cholera Tuberculosis Treatment Antibiotics cell wall nucleic acid mycobacteria protein synthesis other Antibodies Vaccines