Two consecutive outbreaks of food-borne cholera associated with consumption of chicken rice in northwestern Thailand.

Hainanese chicken rice (cooked rice mixed with chicken fat and served with sliced chicken and cucumber) is a well-known Chinese dish in Southeast Asian countries. We report two consecutive outbreaks of cholera associated with consumption of chicken rice among attendants of two meetings in northwestern Thailand in April 2010. Active case finding was carried out among persons who attended the meetings and in the community.

An outbreak of cholera among migrants living in a Thai-Myanmar border area.

Objective: To study epidemiologic characteristics of a cholera outbreak involving mainly Myanmar migrants living in overcrowded conditions with poor sanitation in a Thai-Myanmar border district, in 2007.

Material And Method: Both passive and active case surveillances were carried out in Mae Sot District, Tak Province since the beginning of the outbreak. Samples of various types of drinking and non-drinking water from the infected areas, communal waters, and some selected foods were analyzed for the presence of cholera contamination.