Cholera
Authors: Robert S. Gordon, John C. Feeley, William B. Greenough, Helmuth Sprinz, Robert Oseasohn
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1966)

Clinical Staff Conference1 June 1966CholeraCombined Clinical Staff Conference at the National Institutes of HealthROBERT S. GORDON JR., M.D., JOHN C. FEELEY, PH.D., WILLIAM B. GREENOUGH III, M.D., HELMUTH SPRINZ, ROBERT OSEASOHN, M.D.ROBERT S. GORDON JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN C. FEELEY, PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM B. GREENOUGH III, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HELMUTH SPRINZSearch for more papers by this author, ROBERT OSEASOHN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-64-6-1328 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDr. Robert S. Gordon, Jr.: Cholera is an acute diarrheal disease with high mortality, if untreated. Spreading from Asia, it swept Europe with devastating pandemics in the nineteenth century (1). The conquest of cholera was one of the first triumphs of scientific medicine and did much to establish in the public mind the value of environmental sanitation. During the first half of this century, cholera received but little scientific attention, having been largely confined to its endemic home in Bengal. The past decade has seen a marked increase in both the number of cases and in the geographic areas affected....References1. POLLITZER R: Cholera. World Health Organization series no. 43. 997 pages. World Health Organization, Geneva, 1959. Google Scholar2. SHEEHYSPRINZAUGERSONFORMAL TWHWSSB: Laboratory acquired V. cholerae infection in the United States. JAMA. In press. Google Scholar3. BREEDMURRAYSMITH RSEGNR: Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957. Google Scholar4. MCINTYREFEELEYGREENOUGHBENENSONHASSANSAAD ORJCWBASSIA: Diarrhea caused by non-cholera vibrios. Amer. J. Trop. Med. 14: 412, 1965. 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FEELEY, PH.D.; WILLIAM B. GREENOUGHIII, M.D.; HELMUTH SPRINZ; ROBERT OSEASOHN, M.D.Affiliations: Cleveland, OhioThis is an edited transcription of a combined clinical staff conference at the Clinical Center, Bethesda, Md., by the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Robert S. Gordon, Jr., M.D., Clinical Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, Bldg. 10, Room 9-N-222, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 20014. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAdp-Ribosylation of Guanyl Nucleotide-Binding Regulatory Proteins by Bacterial ToxinsEffects of Gastrointestinal Hormones on Adenylate Cyclase Activity in Human Jejunal MucosaCholera in Africa: A Message for the WestRICHARD W. GOODGAME, M.D., WILLIAM B. 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