BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
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smallpox
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malaria
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cholera
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HIV
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cholera is an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the toxigenic bacterium Vibrio cholerae serogroup O1 or O139. An estimated 1.3 to 4 million people around the world get cholera each year and 21, 000 to 143, 000 people die from it.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with Vibrio cholerae bacteria.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
Detailed explanation-4: -The cholera bacteria is passed through feces (poop). It is spread by eating or drinking food or water contaminated by the feces (poop) of an infected person. This occurs more often in underdeveloped countries lacking proper water supplies and sewage disposal.
Detailed explanation-5: -Vibrio cholerae is a species of Gram-negative, facultative anaerobe and comma-shaped bacteria.