Cholera - Research Article from World of Health

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 4 pages of information about Cholera.

Cholera - Research Article from World of Health

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 4 pages of information about Cholera.
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Cholera is an acute illness characterized by watery diarrhea that is caused by the bacterium Vibro cholerae. Cholera is spread by eating food or drinking water contaminated with the bacteria. Although cholera was a public health problem in the United States and Europe a hundred years ago, modern sanitation and the treatment of drinking water have virtually eliminated the disease in developed countries. In third world countries, however, cholera is still common.

Cholera is spread by eating food or drinking water that has been contaminated with cholera bacteria. Contamination usually occurs when human feces from a person who has the disease seeps into a community water supply. Fruits and vegetables can be contaminated in areas where crops are fertilized with human feces. Cholera bacteria also live in warm, brackish water and can infect persons who eat raw or undercooked seafood obtained from such waters. Cholera is rarely transmitted...

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