The present status of cholera infection in Pakistan.

A total of 23 cases of cholera were diagnosed between 1985-87 in the Pathology Department of the Army Medical College, Rawalpindi. All the cases belonged to different localities of Rawalpindi and no clustering of cholera cases was seen. Moreover, no common source of infection could be ascertained. Although no epidemic of cholera has been reported from anywhere in Pakistan since 1967 but the present study indicates that Pakistan continues to have sporadic cases of cholera. It is thus imperative that all cases of diarrhoea, especially when clustered must be investigated thoroughly for exclusion of cholera and if required necessary precautionary measures adopted (JPMA 38:311 , 1988).