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Genetics Tie Haiti’s Cholera to U.N.
Posted by **Hippie J** on Apr 26, 2013 at 5:30:03 AM:
Genetics Tie Haiti’s Cholera Strain to U.N. Peacekeepers, More than 8,000 Dead
Stacey Singer
Palm Beach Post
April 24, 2013
There’s new evidence that the strain of cholera raging through Haiti today is an especially toxic one that was delivered by United Nations peacekeepers from Nepal, sent to respond to Haiti’s devastating earthquake in 2010.
The news comes two months after the United Nations claimed immunity from any financial responsibility for the return of cholera to Haiti, citing a 1946 document, the Convention on Privileges and Immunities.
Cholera is an intestinal infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It can cause such severe and sudden diarrhea that the rapid loss of body fluids causes dehydration, shock and death. Haiti had been free of it for a century before the 2010 outbreak. It’s frequently spread by contaminated water.
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