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14 hours ago · Cholera ( / ˈkɒlərə /) is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. [4] [3] Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. [3] The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea lasting a few days. [2] Vomiting and muscle cramps may also occur. [3]
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Cholera has undergone resurgence in recent decades and has now spread from its historic roots in South Asia to Africa and the Americas, including the coastline of the United States. Campylobacter jejuni is one of the most common causes of diarrhea in virtually every country of the world.
3 days ago · The expected spread of V. vulnificus does not only pose a significant threat to public ... T. T. et al. Non-cholera Vibrio species — currently still rare but growing danger of infection in the ...
4 days ago · Cholera Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholera of serogroups O1 or O139. Humans are the only relevant reservoir, even though Vibrios can survive for a long time in coastal waters contaminated by human excreta.
1 day ago · Another relevant vaccine is Vibrio, specifically the Vibrio cholera vaccine. A single-dose, live oral vaccine has been approved by the FDA for the prevention of V. cholera in humans. Since V. cholera and E. tarda have similar bacterial structures, the existing V. cholera vaccine may provide the groundwork for future E. tarda vaccine development ...
1 day ago · Alternatively, naturally bioluminescent bacteria like Vibrio fischeri have been used to detect stressors that can induce DNA damage; albeit with less sensitivity than pollutant-specific tests, steroid receptors (i.e., androgen receptor, estrogen receptor) have been used to detect endocrine agonist and antagonists in water samples; and multiple ...
4 days ago · Links — both real and imagined — between race and disease are far older than the COVID-19 pandemic. A University of Kansas researcher says her new study of a 19 th century Cuban aqueduct project during a cholera outbreak proves this, first in the way poor people of color were looked down upon as vectors of disease spread and then in how they were victimized by “infrastructural violence.”
