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Sep 12, 2017 · The first cholera pandemic emerged out of the Ganges Delta with an outbreak in Jessore, India, in 1817, stemming from contaminated rice. The disease quickly spread throughout most of India, modern ...
The first six pandemics. Cholera became a disease of global importance in 1817. In that year a particularly lethal outbreak occurred in Jessore, India, midway between Calcutta (Kolkata) and Dhaka (now in Bangladesh), and then spread throughout most of India, Burma (Myanmar), and Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
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Jan 8, 2014 · Historical background. One hundred and fifty years ago, Snow made the historic discovery that contaminated water transmitted cholera, but there were many other key discoveries and notable developments in the history of cholera.
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Dec 11, 2023 · Learn about the history of cholera, a disease caused by ingestion of contaminated food or water, and how it has spread across the world in seven pandemics. Find out how cholera is diagnosed, treated and prevented with oral rehydration, antibiotics, vaccines and WASH interventions.
Late in this period (particularly 1879–1883), major scientific breakthroughs toward the treatment of cholera develop: the first immunization by Pasteur, the development of the first cholera vaccine, and identification of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae by Filippo Pacini and Robert Koch.
Labs. Diseases. Buildings. Photos. Bibliography. Cholera is a bacterial disease transmitted in water or food contaminated with Vibrio cholerae bacteria and has existed since at least 500 B.C. Symptoms typically include diarrhea and vomiting and can be mild or fatal. The earliest discovery of the bacterium was in 1854 by Italian Filippo Pacini.
Mar 1, 2021 · While the first written records of the disease in South Asia date back to the Hindi Vedas from 500 BC, the history of cholera suggests the rest of the world did not know it before 1817. However, 1817 is the year where the first of at least seven different O1 pandemics spread from the Bay of Bengal ( 6 ).
