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Alternate Name(s): V. cholerae; Vibrio ... Cholera is an acute illness characterized by watery diarrhea . The toxin released by the bacteria causes increased secretion of water and chloride ions in the intestine, which can produce massive diarrhea. Death can result from the severe ...
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Cholera is transmitted by drinking water or eating food contaminated with the cholera bacterium, Vibrio cholerae. Raw or undercooked seafood may be ... a source of infection in areas where cholera is prevalent. Cholera outbreaks can occur sporadically in any part of the world where water supplies, sanitation,
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What causes Cholera infection ... Cholera is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae; Vibrio cholerae is a comma-shaped, curved gram negative rods, which are motile; ... Read More ... How is Cholera transmitted ?
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Cholera is an infectious disease caused by a bacterial toxin. Get expert advice on what causes it, how it's transmitted and where does it occur. ... How is cholera transmitted?
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Cholera is mainly transmitted through contaminated water and food and is closely linked to inadequate environmental management. The absence or shortage of safe water and sufficient sanitation combined with a generally poor environmental status are the main causes of spread of the disease.
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A person may get cholera by drinking water or eating food contaminated with the cholera bacterium. In an epidemic, the source of the contamination is usually the faeces of an infected person. The disease can spread rapidly in areas with ina...
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Only rarely is cholera transmitted by direct person-to-person contact. In highly endemic areas it is mainly a disease of young children, although breastfeeding infants are rarely affected. Marine shellfish and plankton are the main reservoirs of V. cholerae.
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3 hospital outbreaks of cholera which started in a children's infectious diseases ward in Dar es Salaam in 1977/78, 1981, and 1983 were controlled by bacteriological screening and isolation of infected patients, ... Title: Hospital outbreaks of cholera transmitted through close person-to-person contact.
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Infectious Diseases question: How is cholera transmitted through people? Cholera was transmitted by a sort of water fountain that children, and adults drank from and transmitted to others. ---- Cholera ... Cholera was transmitted by a sort of water fountain that children, and adults drank from and transmitted to others.
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