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...
124 KB (12,693 words) - 01:30, 26 May 2024
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...
88 KB (9,340 words) - 13:25, 26 May 2024
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...
78 KB (8,398 words) - 09:04, 9 March 2024
A cholera vaccine is a vaccine that is effective at reducing the risk of contracting cholera. The recommended cholera vaccines are administered orally...
26 KB (2,537 words) - 04:19, 4 May 2024
The second cholera pandemic (1826–1837), also known as the Asiatic cholera pandemic, was a cholera pandemic that reached from India across Western Asia...
16 KB (1,920 words) - 16:48, 15 March 2024
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...
50 KB (5,809 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2024
The Broad Street cholera outbreak (or Golden Square outbreak) was a severe outbreak of cholera that occurred in 1854 near Broad Street (now Broadwick...
34 KB (4,280 words) - 17:37, 22 January 2024
Fowl cholera is also called avian cholera, avian pasteurellosis and avian hemorrhagic septicemia. It is the most common pasteurellosis of poultry. As the...
8 KB (1,027 words) - 04:00, 10 May 2024
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...
20 KB (2,617 words) - 16:23, 10 April 2024
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...
18 KB (1,966 words) - 12:23, 26 April 2024
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...
18 KB (2,199 words) - 13:44, 20 April 2024
Cholera riots are civil disturbances associated with an outbreak or epidemic of cholera. Cholera riots (Холерные бунты in Russian) broke out among the...
10 KB (1,234 words) - 20:05, 23 August 2023
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...
65 KB (6,531 words) - 01:54, 21 May 2024
such as smallpox, typhus, yellow fever, and scarlet fever. In addition, cholera emerged as an epidemic threat and spread worldwide in six pandemics in...
38 KB (4,349 words) - 17:12, 20 January 2024
The first cholera pandemic (1817–1824), also known as the first Asiatic cholera pandemic or Asiatic cholera, began near the city of Calcutta and spread...
19 KB (2,207 words) - 18:45, 1 April 2024
On 1 February, 2023, a cholera outbreak began in South Africa. As of 3 March 2024, 1395 cases had been reported. The South African outbreak is thought...
5 KB (381 words) - 04:13, 8 April 2024
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...
229 KB (20,339 words) - 14:48, 30 May 2024
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...
11 KB (1,130 words) - 10:46, 15 February 2024
The 2023–2024 Zambian cholera outbreak, part of the 2022–2024 Southern Africa cholera outbreak, is currently one of the most severe health crises in the...
16 KB (1,512 words) - 20:25, 21 April 2024
mostly by smallpox, but also typhus, measles, influenza, bubonic plague, cholera, malaria, tuberculosis, mumps, yellow fever, and pertussis. The lack of...
150 KB (9,107 words) - 17:33, 31 May 2024
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...
65 KB (7,436 words) - 13:10, 29 May 2024
Africa cholera outbreak is an outbreak that has spread across Southern Africa. It started in Machinga District in Malawi in March 2022. The cholera outbreak...
7 KB (423 words) - 06:39, 29 April 2024
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...
7 KB (905 words) - 14:21, 24 May 2022
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...
22 KB (2,655 words) - 04:40, 25 March 2024
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...
36 KB (4,229 words) - 23:00, 11 April 2024
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...
15 KB (1,890 words) - 07:40, 20 May 2024
theory) is an abandoned medical theory that held that diseases—such as cholera, chlamydia, or the Black Death—were caused by a miasma (μίασμα, Ancient...
41 KB (5,124 words) - 14:39, 1 June 2024
A cholera is a pastry filled with potatoes, vegetables, fruits and cheese, originated from the Valais region of Switzerland. Originally, the local ingredients...
3 KB (261 words) - 22:41, 19 December 2023
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...
24 KB (2,606 words) - 09:06, 24 January 2024
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...
15 KB (1,484 words) - 23:35, 25 February 2024