Cholera
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Cholera is a bacterial infection that causes diarrhea. The cholera bacterium is usually found in water or food contaminated by feces (poop). Cholera is rare in the US. You may get it if you travel to parts of the world with inadequate water treatment and poor sanitation, and lack of sewage treatment. Outbreaks can also happen after disasters. The disease is not likely to spread directly from one person to another.
Often the infection is mild or without symptoms, but sometimes it can be severe. Severe symptoms include profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps. In severe cases, rapid loss of body fluids leads to dehydration and shock. Without treatment, death can occur within hours.
Doctors diagnose cholera with a stool sample or rectal swab. Treatment includes replacing fluid and salts and sometimes antibiotics.
Anyone who thinks they may have cholera should seek medical attention immediately. Dehydration can be rapid so fluid replacement is essential.
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Haiti: An Alarming Resurgence Of Cholera
medicalnewstoday.com — “The cholera epidemic in Haiti is far from over, with a sharp increase in cases seen in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and outbreaks reported elsewhere in the country, the international medical human” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Cholera's Challenge To Haiti And The World
medicalnewstoday.com — “Debate about the public health response to Haiti's cholera epidemic continues as the crisis enters its ninth month, with some experts arguing that a vaccination campaign in Haiti would be neither” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Haiti: Cholera Outbreak In Capital
huffingtonpost.com — “PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The number of cholera cases seen in the Haitian capital has jumped about threefold in recent weeks, an official with a foreign aid group said Monday. Pascale Zintzen, deputy head of mission for Doctors Without Borders, said the group's four treatment centers in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area have handled as many as 850 cases in a single week lately.” View full resource at huffingtonpost.com
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CDC - Cholera (Redirect)
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Infectious Disease Article | Cholera
mdlinx.com — “Oral vaccines for preventing cholera” View full resource at mdlinx.com
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Oral vaccines for preventing cholera: Cochrane Reviews http://bit.ly/icJzO9 #ID
Infectious Disease Article | Cholera
mdlinx.com — “Understanding the Cholera Epidemic, Haiti” View full resource at mdlinx.com
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Understanding the Cholera Epidemic, Haiti: Emerging Infectious Diseases http://bit.ly/jfZxDM #ID
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mdlinx.com — “Cholera in the 21st century” View full resource at mdlinx.com
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Cholera in the 21st century: Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases http://t.co/XHHL6kD #ID
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mdlinx.com — “Recent Clonal Origin of Cholera in Haiti” View full resource at mdlinx.com
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Recent Clonal Origin of Cholera in Haiti: Emerging Infectious Diseases http://bit.ly/hyqqfL #ID
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mdlinx.com — “Update on Cholera : Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Florida, 2010” View full resource at mdlinx.com
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Update on Cholera : Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Florida, 2010: JAMA http://bit.ly/eRIb8r #ID
Cholera Vaccination Strategies for Zimbabwe
disabled-world.com — “Analyzing how a cholera outbreak would spread in Zimbabwe is providing insights into most effective vaccination strategies for preventing future cholera epidemics” View full resource at disabled-world.com
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Cholera Vaccination Strategies for Zimbabwe http://ff.im/-ESH1q
Infectious Disease Article | Cholera
mdlinx.com — “Cholera Epidemic in Haiti, 2010: Using a Transmission Model to Explain Spatial Spread of Disease and Identify Optimal Control Interventions” View full resource at mdlinx.com
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Cholera hits Haiti again
news-medical.net — “Cholera the bacterial disease that rapidly leads to diarrhea and dehydration and kills millions worldwide ravaged Haiti last fall and has spread quickly to all regions of the Caribbean country. With the rainy season now in progress, clinics across the country are again bustling with seriously ill patients.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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Cholera pandemic's source discovered
medicalxpress.com — “Researchers have used next generation sequencing to trace the source and explain the spread of the latest (seventh) cholera pandemic. They have also highlighted the impact of the acquisition of resistance to antibiotics on shaping outbreaks and show resistance was first acquired around 1982.” View full resource at medicalxpress.com
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Haiti cholera epidemic abates
news-medical.net — “The rate of deaths in Haiti's cholera epidemic slowed on Monday. This followed a multinational medical operation scale up to limit the spread of an outbreak that has killed 259 people in the earthquake-hit country. However Haitian and international health authorities are still bracing for more cases before the epidemic is finally controlled. So far, the epidemic has mostly impacted two rural central Haitian provinces, Artibonite and Center, along with the few isolated cases in the capital Port-a” View full resource at news-medical.net
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Gastroenterology Article | Cholera
mdlinx.com — “Cholera Epidemic in Haiti, 2010: Using a Transmission Model to Explain Spatial Spread of Disease and Identify Optimal Control Interventions” View full resource at mdlinx.com
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