Travel Health Notice: Cholera in Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Haiti

CHOLERA IS AN ACUTE INTESTINAL INFECTION RESULTING FROM FOOD AND WATER CONTAMINATED WITH VIBRIO CHOLERAE BACTERIA. The symptoms include profuse watery diarrhea which may have the appearance of what is called “rice water stools”. Severe dehydration can rapidly ensue which can be life threatening. According to Public Heath Canada (See the travel heath notice by visiting this […]