NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. People can get sick when they swallow food or water contaminated with cholera bacteria. The infection is often mild or without symptoms, but can sometimes be severe and life-threatening.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most people exposed to the cholera bacterium (Vibrio cholerae) don’t become ill and don’t know they’ve been infected. But because they shed cholera bacteria in their stool for seven to 14 days, they can still infect others through contaminated water.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term dysentery describes an inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract that causes bloody diarrhea. Any of several bacteria or amoebas cause dysentery. Common strains of the cholera bacteria do not cause bloody diarrhea.

Detailed explanation-5: -Many diarrheal diseases spread through unsafe water and sanitation. These conditions, along with poor hygiene, can also cause the deadly diseases cholera and typhoid fever. Poor WASH conditions are also linked to emerging challenges such as extensively drug-resistant typhoid fever.