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What is Cholera? Cholera is a bacterial disease usually spread through contaminated water. Cholera causes severe diarrhoea and dehydration. Left untreated, cholera can be fatal in a matter of hours, even in previously healthy people. Most people exposed to the cholera bacterium (Vibrio cholerae) don’t become ill and never know they’ve been infected. Yet because […]
For most of the 19th century, most scientists, physicians and sophisticated lay people believed cholera was not contagious. The observation that a doctor could have daily contact with cholera patients without falling ill led to the conclusions that cholera was not transmitted from person to person.
For several years, agencies supporting preparedness and response to cholera outbreaks have supplied medicines and medical devices through the Interagency Diarrhoeal Disease Kits (IDDK).
May 15, 2024 · Cholera in Southeast Asia. The Southeast Asia region, which includes Bangladesh and India, has the largest populations at risk for cholera. Many countries in Southeast Asia face challenges that can contribute to cholera outbreaks, including poverty and crowded living areas.
Introduction. Epidemic cholera is caused by fecal-oral transmission of the toxigenic bacterium Vibrio cholerae, serogroup O1 or O139.In individual patients, cholera presents with the sudden onset of profuse watery diarrhea that can lead rapidly to dehydration and death.
Sep 4, 2024 · 概述. 霍乱是一种急性腹泻感染，由摄入受到霍乱弧菌污染的食物或水引起。对公共卫生而言，霍乱仍然是一项全球性威胁，反映了不公平和社会欠发达现象。
Sep 2, 2024 · Since 30 June 2024 and as of 31 July 2024, 63 372 new cholera cases, including 187 new deaths, have been reported worldwide. The five countries reporting most cases are Afghanistan (24 951), Yemen (12 825), Pakistan (12 503), Ethiopia (3 491) and Haiti (2 715).
