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Epidemiological Alert, Cholera Confirmed in Colombia, Cases of Hantavirus in Central Brazil in the Federal District and Goiás State (12 August 2004)

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On 21 July 2004, the National Institute of Health of the Ministry of Social Protection in Colombia confirmed the isolation of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor, Ogawa serotype in stools of a man from the Candelillas district, in the municipality of Tumaco (Nariño). Symptoms started on 11 July 2004.