26 NOVEMBER 1997. PERU: CHOLERA

The newspaper El Comercio published in Lima reports 30 cases of cholerain Arequipa and Camana with a significant increase in the last two months. Unboiled water and food from street venders have been cited as the sources.--based on a report by --Dave Coder <dcoder@u.washington.edu> on promed@usa.healthnet.org.

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