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Cholera
* Most cholera is caused by bacteria
  - bacterial organisms
  - produces toxins
  - requires intravenous therapy
* also occurs in areas around the Mediterranean.
* attacks the intestine, causing severe diarrhea and vomiting.
* bacteria-produced diarrheal disease.
* bacterial disease spread through water and unsanitary conditions
  - that affects the intestinal tract
  - usually spread through contaminated water
* bacterial infection commonly transmitted via contaminated water or food
  - of the intestine
* behaves ecologically, however, like a three-factor complex.
* can affect anyone who has ingested contaminated food or water linked with the infection
  - cause watery diarrhoea and sometimes death
  - survive in the environment for extended periods of time
* causes intense diarrhea and dehydration, which if untreated often causes death
  - loss of fluids
  - severe diarrhea and dehydration
  - vomiting and severe diarrhea leading quickly to dehydration, shock, and death
  - vomiting, diarrhea and extreme dehydration
* comes with bad hygiene, linked to poverty, disruption, migration and war.
* diarrhoeal disease caused by bacterial infection of the intestine.
* disease caused by poverty and poor sanitation
  - long associated with the Ganges Delta in India
* disease of the human gut
  - small intestine, unlike most other enteric illnesses
* has a rapid onset and most often occurs in epidemics spread through contaminated water
  - an acute onset
* hits west coast of Africa and spreads throughout the continent after decades-long absence.
* is acquired by drinking water or eating food contaminated with the cholera bacterium.
* is also a significant problem in parts of Asia
  - an infection associated with poverty
* is an acute bacterial infection typically caused by drinking contaminated water
  - illness characterized by watery diarrhea
  - infection of the gut which causes chronic diarrhoea and vomiting
* is an acute intestinal illness
* is an epidemic disease characterized by watery diarrhea, vomiting, and sudden collapse
  - infectious disease which kills people
* is an infection of the small intestine caused by a bacteria
  - intestine caused by bacteria produced toxins
* is another enteric disease of great importance
  - illness that strikes foreign travelers
  - caught by drinking water or eating food contaminated with vibrio cholorae bacteria
  - poor sanitation, and the germs can get into water
  - characterized by severe diarrhea which has a rice-water color and consistancy
  - common in developing countries but is rare in travellers
  - dose dependent
* is endemic in Ghana
  - India and other parts of the third world
  - the country and outbreaks occur every year
  - essentially a disease of poverty
  - fairly common during the rainy season
  - far worse than bubonic plague and the black death
* is found in many tropical countries around the world where outbreaks are common
  - around the world, and outbreaks are common
  - generally a disease spread by poor sanitation, resulting in contaminated water supplies
* is mainly a problem of developing countries
  - an epidemic tropical disease in Asia and Africa
  - marked by acute diarrhea that can progress to life-threatening dehydration and shock
  - one of nature's most efficient killers, sometimes claiming lives within hours of onset
* is one of the most feared clinical entities on earth
  - rapidly fatal illnesses known, often killing within hours
  - only a problem where sanitation is poor
* is present in Honduras
  - some parts of Ecuador
* is prevalent in many areas of Tanzania, and several strains of malaria are endemic
  - rare in the United States
  - serious infection of the intestine
* is spread by contaminated water and food
  - feces-contaminated water and food
  - still a risk when diasters strike
* is the classic example of the explosive nature of fecal-oral transmission
  - only foodborne disease monitored by international health regulation
* is transmitted through contaminated food and water, particularly seafood
  - ingestion of fecally contaminated food and beverages
  - very rare in the United States
* locks open crucial pores in cells lining the gut.
* major public health problem in developing countries, causing enormous economic losses.
* now has a worldwide presence , with many people dying each year.
* occurs both sporadically and in large, abrupt epidemics
  - regularly in Bangladesh and India
* often claims lives within hours of onset.
* possess a single polar flagella, and are therefore motile.
* problem in most nations experiencing major flooding.
* produces torrential diarrhea and vomiting
* reaches Scotland from Russia, Spreads to New York.
* remains a deadly killer in non-developed countries
  - global plague
* remains an ever-present risk in many countries
  - important public health problem
  - endemic in Asia, the Middle East, Africa
* results from poor sanitation conditions
  - when the sanitation is bad
* seems to be on the increase for lack of potable water.
* severe and highly contagious gastro-intestinal malady that causes acute diarrhea
  - bacterial infection of the gut that in severe, watery diarrhea
  - intestinal infection that causes vomiting and diarrhoea
* starts with serious vomiting and diarrhea.
* sweeps through Russia and central Europe to Scotland.
* too is endemic in certain parts of Africa.
+ Cholera, Symptoms: Diseases caused by bacteria
  * Cholera is an acute intestinal illness. It causes stomach aches, very watery and continuous diarrhea and vomiting. The diarrhea and vomiting, in turn, can cause very bad dehydration, leading to death if untreated.