Cholera (/ˈkɒlərə/) is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to...
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Seven cholera pandemics have occurred in the past 200 years, with the first pandemic originating in India in 1817. The seventh cholera pandemic is officially...
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The second cholera pandemic (1826–1837), also known as the Asiatic cholera pandemic, was a cholera pandemic that reached from India across Western Asia...
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The 2010s Haiti cholera outbreak was the first modern large-scale outbreak of cholera—a disease once considered beaten back largely due to the invention...
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Love in the Time of Cholera (Spanish: El amor en los tiempos del cólera) is a novel written in Spanish by Colombian Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel...
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A cholera vaccine is a vaccine that is effective at reducing the risk of contracting cholera. The recommended cholera vaccines are administered orally...
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The Broad Street cholera outbreak (or Golden Square outbreak) was a severe outbreak of cholera that occurred in 1854 near Broad Street (now Broadwick...
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Vibrio cholerae (redirect from Vibrio cholera)
cause of cholera was discovered by Robert Koch in 1884. Sambhu Nath De isolated the cholera toxin and demonstrated the toxin as the cause of cholera in 1959...
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Cholera riots are civil disturbances associated with an outbreak or epidemic of cholera. Cholera riots (Холерные бунты in Russian) broke out among the...
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The third cholera pandemic (1846–1860) was the third major outbreak of cholera originating in India in the 19th century that reached far beyond its borders...
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Gastroenteritis (redirect from Cholera morbus)
juices. In the developing world, especially sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, cholera is a common cause of gastroenteritis. This infection is usually transmitted...
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Cholera toxin (also known as choleragen and sometimes abbreviated to CTX, Ctx or CT) is an AB5 multimeric protein complex secreted by the bacterium Vibrio...
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Love in the Time of Cholera is a 2007 American romantic drama film directed by Mike Newell. Based on the 1985 novel of the same name by the Colombian...
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Fowl cholera is also called avian cholera, avian pasteurellosis and avian hemorrhagic septicemia. It is the most common pasteurellosis of poultry. As the...
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A cholera is a pastry filled with potatoes, vegetables, fruits and cheese, originated from the Valais region of Switzerland. Originally, the local ingredients...
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mostly by smallpox, but also typhus, measles, influenza, bubonic plague, cholera, malaria, tuberculosis, mumps, yellow fever, and pertussis. The lack of...
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The seventh cholera pandemic is the seventh major outbreak of cholera beginning in 1961 and continuing to the present. Cholera has become endemic in many...
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The cholera belt was a flat strip of (usually red) flannel or knitted wool, about six feet long and six inches wide, that was wrapped around the bare...
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such as smallpox, typhus, yellow fever, and scarlet fever. In addition, cholera emerged as an epidemic threat and spread worldwide in six pandemics in...
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A cholera pit was a burial place used in a time of emergency when the disease was prevalent. Such mass graves were often unmarked and were placed in remote...
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Classical swine fever (redirect from Hog cholera)
Classical swine fever (CSF) or hog cholera (also sometimes called pig plague based on the German word Schweinepest) is a highly contagious disease of...
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Native American disease and epidemics (section Cholera)
century, the origin of Cholera was unknown. Symptoms of Cholera are known for their fast and advanced nature. Symptoms of Cholera include nausea, diarrhea...
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The fifth cholera pandemic (1881–1896) was the fifth major international outbreak of cholera in the 19th century. The endemic origin of the pandemic, as...
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Cholera Street (Original Turkish title: Ağır Roman, literally meaning "Heavy Novel") is a 1997 Turkish film directed by Mustafa Altıoklar, adapted from...
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John Snow (category Cholera)
early germ theory, in part because of his work in tracing the source of a cholera outbreak in London's Soho, which he identified as a particular public water...
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Siege of Mariupol (redirect from Possible 2022 Mariupol cholera outbreak)
citizens about cholera by 1 June 2022. The government of Rostov Oblast announced that Ukrainian refugees in Russia would be tested for cholera. On 17 May...
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cholera pandemic (1816–1826) Second cholera pandemic (1829–1851) Third cholera pandemic (1852–1860) Third plague pandemic (1855–1860) Fourth cholera pandemic...
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An outbreak of cholera began in Yemen in October 2016. The outbreak peaked in 2017 with over 2,000 reported deaths in that year alone. In 2017 and 2019...
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Haridwar Kumbh Mela (section 1783: Cholera epidemic)
another cholera outbreak in 1945, compulsory cholera vaccinations were ordered at the 1945 Haridwar Kumbh Mela. 1891 Kumbh Mela - dispersed due to cholera outbreak...
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