Cholera, re-emerging disease in Mexico: Community outbreak in Hidalgo

Abstract

Acute diarrheal diseases and cholera are nowadays a public health problem worldwide. Acute diarrheal disease has a higher incidence of cases, particularly in underdeveloped countries and tropical  climates, within which it can have a serious course and lead to the death of individuals in a short period  of time when it is not attended adequately and in a timely manner, disease has the tendency to present  itself in an epidemic form.

Objetive. was to analyze the socio-contextual conditions regarding the possibility of outbreaks of  cholera in Hidalgo, Mexico considering the background of the cholera outbreak in 2013.

Methodology. An information search was carried out on the internet network, in SciELO, based on the  key words; Cholera, cholera in Mexico, cholera n Hidalgo, Mexico, cholera outbreak in Hidalgo, Mexico, cholera reemergence in Mexico. And information was obtained from Hidalgo's Health  Department and Federal's Health Department.

Results. Cholera continues to pose a global threat to public health and is a key indicator of the lack of social and economic development. Sanitary conditions and access to drinking water are the main determinants for the occurrence of cases in humans.

Conclusion. After the emergence of the first indigenous outbreak in Continental America presented in  the municipality of Huejutla, Hidalgo México in 2013, cholera is in relative epidemiological control in  Mexico, where despite this experience the lifestyles potentially denote the risk and negative impact on  the health of the human population.