KATHMANDU, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Eradicated from Nepal 10 years ago, cholera
outbroke in Nepal again, the Nepali national news agency RSS reported on
Thursday.
In Saptari district, some 190 km southeast of the capital Kathmandu, the
bacteria of cholera was found when it was sought to identify the cause of
outbreak of diarrhea that has been spreading in the district, an epidemic scale
for the past one and half month.
The bacteria of cholera was found after research was carried out by a
microbiological team.
The team led by Dr. Rajendra Gurung of BP Koirala Health Science Academy
found bacteria of cholera in four villages of Saptari district, said District
Public Health Office of Saptari.
The bacteria was found in the human excreta of diarrhea patients as well as
the water consumed by the patients.
So far, diarrhea that spread in the form of cholera has claimed19 persons
while 50 have been affected by disease. Most of them are children.
