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Sep 12, 2017 · Today, cholera is treated through fluid replacement and antibiotics. Cholera vaccines are available, though they only offer roughly 65% immunity, according to WHO. Origins of Cholera
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- Plague of Justinian—No One Left to Die. Yersinia pestis, formerly pasteurella pestis, was the bacteria responsible for the plague. Here it's seen under optical microscopy X 1000.
- Black Death—The Invention of Quarantine. The people of Tournai bury victims of the Black Death circa 1353. The plague never really went away, and when it returned 800 years later, it killed with reckless abandon.
- The Great Plague of London—Sealing Up the Sick. Scenes in the streets of London during the Great Plague of 1665. London never really caught a break after the Black Death.
- Smallpox—A European Disease Ravages the New World. Smallpox was endemic to Europe, Asia and Arabia for centuries, a persistent menace that killed three out of ten people it infected and left the rest with pockmarked scars.
Feb 27, 2019 · 1817: First Cholera Pandemic. The first of seven cholera pandemics over the next 150 years, this wave of the small intestine infection originated in Russia, where one million people died ...
Oct 12, 2010 · The first of seven cholera pandemics over the next 150 years, this wave of the small intestine infection originated in Russia, where one million people died.
Apr 27, 2020 · Throughout the 1800s, recurring cholera outbreaks left an indelible mark not only in terms of death counts but in spurring urban design elements such as wide boulevards and parks that transformed...
Nov 9, 2009 · The position proved challenging as Nightingale grappled with a cholera outbreak and unsanitary conditions conducive to the rapid spread of the disease. Nightingale made it her mission to improve...
Mar 18, 2020 · On April 17, 1957, Maurice Hilleman realized a pandemic was on its way to the United States. That day, The New York Times reported on a large influenza outbreak in Hong Kong. One detail, in ...
