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ArticleOxford medical case reports2025

Imported case of cholera from India: the first recorded in Bulgaria in over a century.

Ralitsa Yordanova, Eugeni Pentchev

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Article in Oxford medical case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ralitsa YordanovaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Medical University Sofia, North Pavilion, bul. "akad. Ivan E. Geshov" No. 17, 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria, Bulgaria.
Eugeni PentchevDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Medical University Sofia, North Pavilion, bul. "akad. Ivan E. Geshov" No. 17, 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria, Bulgaria.

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Abstract

Cholera is an acute bacterial infection characterized by profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting, and dehydration, potentially leading to severe complications and death. It remains endemic in regions with poor sanitation and limited access to clean water, particularly in South and Southeast Asia and parts of Africa. In Europe, only sporadic cases are reported annually, and are typically imported by travelers returning from endemic areas. Mild cases often present with non-specific gastrointestinal symptoms, making them clinically indistinguishable from other enteric infections. To initiate appropriate epidemiological measures and prevent transmission in non-endemic regions, cholera should be considered in any case of acute watery diarrhea in individuals with a recent travel history to endemic areas. We report a case of cholera in a patient returning from India-the first recorded in Bulgaria in over a century.

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