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Cholera is an infection of the small intestine caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae . It causes a large amount of watery diarrhea.
Source:ADAM
Date:August 16, 2007
Cholera is an acute illness characterized by watery diarrhea that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae . Cholera is spread by eating food or drinking water contaminated with the bacteria.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by a bacterium, Vibrio cholerae . There are several environmental strains of Vibrio cholerae , which are found mainly in brackish waters and marine environments, but only two strains are responsible for cholera epidemics in humans, serogroups O1 and O139.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
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