Health Ministry says no danger to public after early detection, swift action taken; disease likely spread from northern neighbor, where it has killed 92 people since September

Lebanon alone reports over 2,000 cases, 18 deaths since last month, as bacterial infection sweeps region

Damascus has recorded 39 deaths from cholera and nearly 600 cases; Beirut looking at several suspected cases

Dozens have died within weeks and cases mount into the hundreds; contaminated Euphrates river, a vital source for five million people, is a major source of bacteria

Philanthropists Moses and Judith traveled months over land and sea, dodging plague and bandits, while undergoing bouts of forced isolation across Middle East