The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) announced this year’s first indigenous cholera case on October 3, 2017.
 
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/10/04
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)–As the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Double Ten Day holidays

The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) announced this year’s first indigenous cholera case on October 3, 2017. (By Wikimedia Commons)

approach, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) urged the public to avoid consuming raw fish and oyster and undercooked shellfish to prevent cholera as the agency announced this year’s first indigenous cholera case on October 3, 2017.

The case is an over-50-year-old male who resides in central Taiwan, according to Taiwan CDC. In late September, he developed abdominal pain, diarrhea and watery stool, and was hospitalized after seeking medical attention, Taiwan CDC said in a statement, adding that laboratory tests confirmed infection with V. cholerae O1 Ogawa in the case.

According to the epidemiological investigation, the man does not consume raw food and drinks only boiled tap water. However, his family uses the same chopping board for both raw and cooked foods. On the day of symptom onset, he consumed clams he bought from the market. To identify the possible source of infection, the local health authority is conducting further investigation. As of now, the man is still hospitalized for treatment. None of the contacts residing in the same household has developed any suspected symptoms, according to Taiwan CDC.      [FULL  STORY]