An outbreak of cholera among a rural population in south India: Is it time to vaccinate the children in endemic areas?

Cholera, the most dreadful of all diarrhoeal diseases, is an acute intestinal infection, caused by Vibrio cholerae, which afflicts 3 to 5 million of people and causes 0.1 million deaths every year . Cholera outbreaks have been infrequently reported from
developed countries and often reported from various parts of developing, and underdeveloped countries mainly owing to poor sanitation of potable water. In India sporadic cases of acute watery diarrhoea occur throughout the year, especially in rural areas.
These sporadic cases have potential to cause epidemic outbreaks when the drinking water gets contaminated with the faeces of affected people. A similar outbreak was emerged in the rural part of Theni district, located in the south Indian State of Tamil Nadu. (Correspondence)