Studying the Outbreak of Cholera among children in Kirkuk Central Pediatric Hospital in 2007.

Abstract

This is a cross sectional study done during the epidemic of cholera in Kirkuk city during the period between First of August 2007 to the end of October 2007. All cases with diarrhea were sent for stool culture to rule out cholera .There were 326 cases with positive stool culture for vibrio cholerae out of 6399 cases of diarrhea , majority of cases were having Inaba serotype. Only 5 cases have died. Large number of cases were from Kirkuk city. Most of them had mild dehydration when they attended the hospital. In regard to patients age, most of affected children between (1-5) years which constitute (41.7%). There was no significant relationship between patient's gender and contracting specific serotype (Inaba or Ogawa).