Cholera
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Cholera infection is often mild or without symptoms, but can sometimes be severe. Approximately one in 20 (5%) infected persons will have severe...
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Cholera is an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. An estimated 3-5 million cases and...
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In the United States, cholera was prevalent in the 1800s but water-related spread has been eliminated by modern water and sewage treatment systems...
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A person can get cholera by drinking water or eating food contaminated with the cholera bacterium. In an epidemic, the source of the contamination is...
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Cholera is an infectious disease with diarrhea caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated with a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae. Cholera...
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Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes cholera, is usually found in food or water contaminated by feces from a person with the infection. Common...
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Symptoms of cholera can begin as soon as a few hours or as long as five days after infection. Often symptoms are mild. But sometimes they are very...
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If you develop severe, watery diarrhea and vomiting -- particularly after eating raw shellfish or traveling to a country where cholera is epidemic...
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Depending on how severe the diarrhea is, treatment will consist of oral or intravenous solutions to replace lost fluids. In severe cases, doctors...
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Although there is a vaccine against cholera, the CDC and World Health Organization don't normally recommend it because it may not protect up to half...
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