The Nepalese army has rejected suggestions that the cholera epidemic which has killed more than 2,000 people in Haiti originated from its soldiers. An army spokesman said in Kathmandu, a report by a French disease expert was not based on facts or evidence. He said the Nepalese base in Haiti had been tested three times and no cholera had been found. According to the leaked report, UN peacekeepers were the most likely source of Haiti's cholera epidemic. Epidemiologist Renaud Piarroux conducted research in Haiti on behalf of the French and Haitian governments. Sources who saw the report said it had evidence the outbreak was caused by river contamination by Nepalese troops. The cholera epidemic has killed 2,120 people, and nearly 100,000 cases have been treated, according to the Haitian government.