[The cholera epidemic in Latin America: reemergence, morbidity, and mortality].

Objective: To determine morbidity and mortality from cholera during different segments of the period 1991-2011 in the countries of Latin America.

Methods: Using information sources from a nonsystematic literature search for works on cholera epidemics, a mixed ecological study was conducted aimed at a time series analysis of morbidity, mortality, and case-fatality in cholera-related health events between 1991 and 2011 in 18 Latin American countries.

Results: During the period 1991-2011, 1 839 037 cases of cholera were reported in Latin America, with 19 538 deaths and a case fatality rate of 1.