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10 hours ago · Cholera is caused by a number of types of Vibrio cholerae, with some types producing more severe disease than others. It is spread mostly by unsafe water and unsafe food that has been contaminated with human feces containing the bacteria. Undercooked shellfish is a common source. Humans are the only known host for the bacteria.
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This group of curved gram-negative rods includes Vibrio cholerae, the cause of cholera and one of the first proven infectious diseases, along with Campylobacter jejuni and Helicobacter pylori, which were incriminated as pathogens late in the 20th century ( Table 32–1 ).
3 days ago · The study underscores the possibility of creating new strategies to use bacteriophages to kill drug-resistant bacteria in cholera and other diseases that have plagued civilization for centuries. It revealed a pathway to new diagnostics and antibiotic resistance mitigation. "Cholera is a devastating waterborne infection that causes millions of ...
6 days ago · Bacteria are also micro-organisms made up of one cell, but they are much smaller than protozoa and have a different structure; for example Vibrio cholerae, which causes cholera. Viruses are infectious agents that do not have the structure of a cell.
6 days ago · Bacteria: Cholera: Vibrio cholerae: 33: Shigellosis (bacillary dysentery) Shigella species: 33: Typhoid fever: Salmonella typhii: 33: Viruses: Viral diarrhoeal diseases: Rotavirus (most cases) 33: Amoebiasis (Amoebiasis is pronounced ‘am-mee-bya-sis’) (amoebic dysentery) Entamoeba hystolica: 34: Giardiasis (giardiasis is ‘jee-arr-dya-sis ...
5 days ago · Data collected between 2010 and 2018 shows that the cholera epidemic initially caused by the discharge led to nearly 10,000 deaths and 820,000 contaminations. Despite the Status of Forces Agreement between the UN and the Government of Haiti in 2004 that introduced the possibility of setting up a standing claims commission, the latter remains to ...
3 days ago · Cholera causes, symptoms and dangers According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with Vibrio cholerae ...
