NEW: Travelers' Health - Advice about Cholera for Travelers Arriving in the United States from Haiti

There is an outbreak in Haiti of a disease called cholera. Cholera is an infection that can cause severe diarrhea and can result in life-threatening loss of fluids from the body (dehydration). Without proper care, a person can die from this disease.

People most often get cholera by drinking water or eating food that has cholera germs in it. Water can be contaminated with the feces of a person sick with cholera. Food can be contaminated by water that has cholera germs in it or if prepared or handled by a person sick with cholera.

Contact CDC 24 Hours/Every Day
Phone: 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)
TTY: (888) 232-6348
Email: cdcinfo@cdc.gov
CDC’s website on the Haiti cholera outbreak:  http://www.cdc.gov/haiticholera/

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