Cholera has a rapid onset and most often occurs in epidemics spread through contaminated water. Oral rehydration is an effective treatment, but left untreated, cholera causes severe diarrhea that has a high mortality rate, particularly in young children. According to information reported to the World Health Organization in 1999, nearly 8,500 people died and another 223,000 were sickened with cholera worldwide. DNA sequence of both chromosomes of the cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae . MK Waldor and D RayChaudhuri.
Treasure trove for cholera research.
NIH is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.