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12-08-2010, 04:20 PM
The cholera outbreak in Haiti originated at a campsite where Nepalese soldiers serving in the United Nations peacekeeping force were staying, according to a leaked report from a French epidemiologist hired by the Haitian authorities to investigate the epidemic.
Listin Diario quotes the report as saying: "The infectious focus originated in the Nepalese camp" located in Mirebalais, near the Artibonite River. The quote came from a source with knowledge of the case. "The starting point was located with precision", said French expert Renaud Piarrouz. "There is no other explanation possible for the development of the epidemic in the context of the fact that there was no cholera in the country and taking into account the intensity and the speed with which it spread and the concentration of the bacteria in the Artibonite delta", added the source.
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Listin Diario quotes the report as saying: "The infectious focus originated in the Nepalese camp" located in Mirebalais, near the Artibonite River. The quote came from a source with knowledge of the case. "The starting point was located with precision", said French expert Renaud Piarrouz. "There is no other explanation possible for the development of the epidemic in the context of the fact that there was no cholera in the country and taking into account the intensity and the speed with which it spread and the concentration of the bacteria in the Artibonite delta", added the source.
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