CHOLERA (from the Gr. xoX i, bile, and j a', to flow), the name given to two distinct forms of disease, simple cholera and malignant cholera.
Cholera Immunisation
A new oral cholera vaccine became available in the UK in 2004. It is not needed by most travellers but may be advised if you are travelling to a high risk area.
Cholera, sometimes known as Asiatic or epidemic cholera, is an infectious gastroenteritis caused by enterotoxin-producing strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Transmission to humans occurs through eating food or drinking...
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Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by a bacterium, Vibrio cholerae.
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CHOLERAIC DIARRHEA is the most dangerous form of intestinal flux to which children are liable.
How cholera is spread
Around three-quarters of people who are exposed to cholera bacteria do not develop any symptoms.
How is cholera transmitted?
Bacteria are excreted in faeces and if this comes into contact with drinking water, the bacteria can infect people.
What is cholera?
Cholera is a bacterial disease that affects the intestinal tract. It is caused by a germ called Vibrio cholerae.
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(kl´r) or Asiatic cholera, acute infectious disease caused by strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae that have been infected by bacteriophages.
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It causes a large amount of watery diarrhea.
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Cholera is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The bacteria releases a toxin that causes increased release of water in the intestines, which produces severe diarrhea.
Cholera is an infection of the intestines caused by bacteria called Vibrio cholerae. This infection results in large amounts of diarrhea.
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Who gets Cholera?
Cholera occurs in epidemics when conditions of poor sanitation, crowding, war, and famine are present. Endemic areas include India, Asia, Africa, the Mediterranean, and more recently, South and Central America, and Mexico.
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Cholera is a serious infectious disease caused by the bacteria Vibrio cholerae, which affects the intestinal system of the body. An infected person experiences severe vomiting, explosive diarrhea and severe dehydration.
Cholera is an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The infection is often mild or without symptoms, but sometimes it can be severe.
Non-cholera Vibrio species are uncommon but important enteric bacterial pathogens, causing an estimated 8,000 infections, 185 hospitalizations, and 57 deaths in the United States (US) each year.
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Cholera bacteria in people
When humans ingest cholera bacteria, they may not become sick themselves, but they still excrete the bacteria in their stool and can pass cholera disease to others through the fecal-oral route.
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If you will be working in relief or disaster areas or are going to a place where there are cholera epidemics and medical care is limited, you may need to have a cholera vaccination.
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Bacterial infection transmitted in contaminated water or food.
Outbreaks occur in many developing countries with poor sanitation. More common in warm months.
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Cholera is an infectious disease caused by the micro organism Vibrio cholerae. It is endemic in India and some other tropical countries and occasionally spreading to temperate climates.
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An epidemic disease characterized by diarrhea, vomiting, thirst, and cramps. It is spread through polluted water.
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Any disease characterized by repeated simultaneous purging and vomiting, with painful spasms of the stomach and bowels and occasional cramps of the external muscles; as commonly used, Asiatic cholera. [Appleton1904].
Cholera: A devastating and sometimes lethal disease with intense vomiting and profuse watery diarrhea leading to dehydration which, unless immediately treated, may be fatal.
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Cholera is an acute infectious disease of the intestine caused by the bacterium, Vibrio cholerae.
Cholera is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholera . This bacterium secretes a toxin that causes rapid loss of fluids from the small intestines. Cholera is not spread directly from one person to another.
Cholera is an acute disease.The body's intestine is infected with the Vibrio Cholerae bacterium.The infections comes sometimes without symptoms and it's not very severe,but other times it can have complications.
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cholera - an acute, infectious disease caused by the consumption of water or food contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
Cholera infantum: A common, noncontagious diarrhea of young children, occurring in summer or autumn. It was common among the poor and in hand-fed babies. Death frequently occurred in three to five days.
Cholera is an infectious disease. You can have a vaccination to protect you against cholera if you are having chemotherapy.
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Cholera occurs especially in hot, tropical climates. Filthy living conditions is generally the primary factor. Bowel discharges from those with cholera must be boiled to kill the germs. When this is not done, the disease spreads.
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In 1854, 3,000 residents of Munich succumbed to an epidemic of cholera, so the festival was cancelled. Also, in the year 1866, there was no Oktoberfest as Bavaria fought in the Austro-Prussian War.
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choleraesuis, S. typhimurium, and S. heidelberg, among others, can cause a sustained and frequently lethal bacteremic syndrome lasting ≥ 1 wk, with prolonged fever, headache, malaise, and chills but rarely diarrhea.
If you need to buy a water filter or purifier, buy one that can filter out organisms as small as the ones that cause giardiasis, cholera, and amoebic diarrhea.
Carry a liter of purified water.
Avoid food and drinks from street vendors.
During World War I, the German Army developed anthrax, glanders, cholera, and a wheat fungus specifically for use as biological weapons. They allegedly spread plague in St.
Other immunizations - Vaccines against a number of other infections are available, including cholera, meningococcus, plague, rabies, Japanese encephalitis, typhoid, smallpox, and Haemophilus influenzae B.
The alteration and complete disintegration of cholera vibrios when introduced into the peritoneal cavity of an immunised guinea pig, or into that of a normal one if immune serum is injected at the same time; ...
Definition: The number of cases registered from cholera in a specific year, for a given country, territory, or geographic area.
Coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio Cholerae), carcinoid syndrome, bowel polyp, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, magnesium antacids, lactose intolerance or after gastric surgery; small volume stools may suggest inflammatory bowel disease or colon cancer.
Plague, because of its pandemic history, remains one of three quarantinable diseases subject to international health regulations (the other two being cholera and yellow fever).
One diarrhoea mechanism (like in cholera, which is a very dangerous form of profuse diarrhoea), is an enterotoxin interfering with enterocyte cAMP and G-proteins.
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Re-emerging diseases include: malaria, tuberculosis, cholera, pertussis, influenza, pneumococcal disease, gonorrhea, and others.
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1. A trypsinlike enzyme produced by bacteria, particularly Vibrio cholerae.
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39 Negative studies have generally focused on people with cholera, while positive studies investigated viral diarrhea or diarrhea due to strains of E. coli. These studies generally used 400-500 mg berberine one to three times per day.
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Cholera vaccination is no longer recommended by the World Health Organization for any country.
Other cases have developed after a person received vaccination for typhoid, measles, cholera, hepatitis B, or yellow fever. Some foods, drugs, or other chemical toxins may trigger HSP as well. Often no cause can be found.
Worldwide, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, and cholera are still common foodborne diseases, but improvements in food safety and vaccination have virtually eradicated these diseases in the United States.
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