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cholera
cholera (kol-er-ă) n. an acute infection of the small intestine by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea (known as
ricewater stools) leading to dehydration. The disease is contracted from contaminated food or drinking water and often occurs in epidemics. Initial treatment is concentrated on replacing the fluid loss by oral rehydration therapy; tetracycline eradicates the bacteria and hastens recovery. The mortality rate in untreated cases is over 50%. Vaccination against cholera is effective for only 6–9 months.
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Cholera.(Pamphlet)
Newspaper article from: Pamphlet by: Centers for Disease Control; 4/1/2000; 700+ words
; ...Prevencion del Colera * En portugues - Prevencao da Colera Frequently Asked Questions What is cholera? How does a person get cholera? What is the risk for cholera in the United States? What should travelers do to avoid getting cholera? Is a vaccine...
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Cholera epidemic after increased civil conflict--Monrovia, Liberia, June-September 2003.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 11/14/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...was interrupted. In June, cases of cholera were confirmed by international nongovernment...indicated that as of September 22, a cholera epidemic was ongoing in Monrovia. During...a total of 1,252 cases of suspected cholera were reported (WHO, MoH, unpublished...
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Cholera: the reappearance of a vanished disease.
Newspaper article from: Medical Update; 2/1/1995; 700+ words
; Just two years ago, cholera infected more than 100 passengers on...positive stool cultures or antibodies for cholera, but did not develop clinical illness...diarrhea and had laboratory evidence of cholera infection. One died because of inadequate...
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Cholera hides sinister stowaway. (bacteriophage infects cholera bacterium)
Magazine article from: Science News; 6/29/1996; ; 700+ words
; Cholera has come nearly full circle, again. Beginning...its passage. In Latin America alone, cholera has claimed more than 10,000 lives since...needed to turn even harmless strains of cholera into killers. The virus-known as a bacteriophage...
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Cholera.(Health)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 8/27/2004; 700+ words
; ...across a newspaper article about an ongoing cholera epidemic in the Philippines. How serious a disease is cholera? Please write about this disease, especially...prevent it. Maria K., Tarlac City The cholera outbreak that has been hogging the headlines...
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Cholera Outbreak among Rwandan Refugees -- Democratic Republic of Congo, April 1997.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 5/22/1998; 700+ words
; In April 1997, a cholera outbreak occurred among 90,000 Rwandan...established two referral medical centers and a cholera treatment center in these camps. Personnel...death rate than that observed in previous cholera outbreaks in refugee populations. The...
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Cholera strikes again with a vengeance.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 10/31/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...cistern, ``and that's why we have outbreaks of cholera.'' Since cholera erupted in Latin America in early 1991, sweeping...equine encephalitis gripping parts of Colombia, but cholera death tolls are far larger and disrupt more lives...
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Cholera outbreak: Tanzania tops in Africa-EU.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 1/11/2000; 700+ words
; ...TOMRIC Agency, January 10, 2000) Cholera is a major threat to Tanzanians. Tanzania...the last three years worse affected by cholera than any other country in Africa, with...the European Union say. In its Focus on Cholera report, the EU's Head of Delegation...
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Cholera Contained But Source Still Unknown.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 11/19/2008; 700+ words
; ...After more than six months of battling cholera in Guinea-Bissau the epidemic is now...Health. "All the factors that cause cholera remain unaddressed: poverty, deficient...drinking water," Umaro Ba, head of the cholera unit at the capital Bissau's Simao Mendes...
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Cholera Becoming an Election Issue.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 2/12/2009; 700+ words
; ...Media via COMTEX) -- The detection of cholera in northeastern Botswana is causing rising...that the authorities are covering up a cholera outbreak, as both water sources lie close...months. "It is obvious there is already a cholera outbreak, but the ministry is just trying...
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Cholera
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
Cholera Cholera (KAH-luh-ruh) is an infection of the that can cause severe diarrhea...reference sources Dehydration Diarrhea Epidemics Enteritis Vibrio cholerae Cholera is an illness caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae , which is contracted...
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cholera
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
cholera, a disease spread via contaminated water...communication. Ireland experienced four major cholera epidemics: in 1832–3, 1848...disease. While around 25,000 died from cholera in 1832–3, perhaps as many...
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hog cholera
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
hog cholera acute, highly infectious viral disease of swine, also called swine fever...countries now prohibit the feeding of uncooked garbage to pigs. A national hog cholera eradication program has been established in the United States to eliminate...
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fowl cholera
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
fowl cholera An acute, infectious, often fatal disease of fowl caused by the bacterium Pasteurella multocida.
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Disease and Westward Expansion
Book article from: American Eras
...was another white plan to kill them. Cholera. Medical science had no vaccination for...great scourge of the nineteenth century: cholera. Merchants and sailors transported the...conditions proved ideal for the spread of cholera. Yet unlike the contagious smallpox virus...
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