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4 days ago · Cholera as a Disease. Cholera is caused by the Vibrio cholera bacterium, which primarily affects the digestive tract. It is extremely acute, with a gestation period of one to two days, and upon onset, causes severe diarrhea and sometimes vomiting, both leading to dehydration that can cause death in a matter of hours.
1 day ago · Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease caused by ingesting food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. During the 19th century, cholera spread across the world; six subsequent pandemics killed millions of people across all continents. The current (seventh) pandemic started in South Asia in 1961 and reached Africa in 1971.
6 hours ago · Cholera is an extremely virulent disease. It can cause severe acute water diarrhea and the severe forms of the disease can kill within hours – if no treatment is given. Most people infected with V. cholerae do not develop symptoms, although the bacteria are present in their feces for one to ten days after infection and are shed back into the ...
1 day ago · Affecting approximately 1.3 to 4 million people worldwide per year and killing 21,000 to 143,000 individuals, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cholera is a bacterial infection of the small intestine. Along with malaria and dengue fever, the condition may crop up more often as precipitation extremes grow during ...
5 days ago · When water or food contaminated with V. cholerae is consumed by humans, it colonizes the gastrointestinal tract and causes cholera. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cholera is an intestinal infection that causes diarrhea, vomiting, circulatory collapse and shock.
3 days ago · Cholera, caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacteria, spreads in areas without safe water and proper sanitation and can be fatal in hours if left untreated.Since 2023, 18 nations in the region have ...
5 days ago · cholera | PBS NewsHour. World Oct 19. War in Sudan has killed up to 9,000 people in six months, says UN aid chief. By Samy Magdy, Associated Press. Health Aug 01. As climate change leads to more...
