Table 4 Characteristics of the cholera cases in Romania, 1977–1995.

From: The seventh pandemic of cholera in Europe revisited by microbial genomics

Year

National dataa cases (incl. imported)/deaths

Data for Tulcea

Cases (incl. carriers)/deaths

Characteristics

1977

115 (76)/?

21 September to 7 October; Sulina

1981

154 (101)/4

17 August to 8 November; towns along the Danube river and delta; imported from Constanţa; poor hygiene and drinking of river water

1987

275 (126)/0

21 July to 23 November; Tulcea city then 37 sites along the Danube river and its branches; poor hygiene and drinking of river water

1990

270/1

 

1991

226/9

142 (31)/0

6 August to 11 October; Badabag then other towns; imported from Turkey; poor hygiene and drinking of unsafe water (river, fountain)

1992

3/0

 

1993

15 (1)/0

 

1994

80 (46)/4

 

1995

118/3

79 (19)/0

4 August to 7 October; Grindu and Ceatalchioi, then downstream along the Danube river; drinking of river water, river activities or interhuman transmission

  1. not reported, ? unknown.
  2. aReported to the WHO.