Doctors say Haiti's cholera epidemic could potentially spread to nearly 800,000 people — which is twice an earlier UN estimate.
The study by U.S. researchers predicts Haiti's cholera epidemic could climb to 779,000 cases by November if no changes are made in how the bacterial disease is handled. It spreads person-to-person through contaminated food and water.
"It is going to be larger than predicted in terms of sheer numbers and will last far longer than the initial projections," said study author Dr. Sanjay Basu, a medical resident at University of California San Francisco.
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