An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food.
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Examples for "cholera"
Examples for "cholera"
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Another 17 cholera cases were reported in Chardonnieres on the south coast.
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With some cases of cholera already reported, fear of epidemics is growing.
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They expect the cholera in Sahalin and keep all vessels in quarantine.
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The results were deaths from water-borne diseases such as cholera and typhoid.
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But those cholera treatment facilities were often just plywood structures or tents.
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Next day two cases of Asiatic cholera were reported in the steerage.
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The symptoms are similar to those of Asiatic cholera, but not so violent.
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Nothing but real indisposition-perhapsAsiatic cholera?-couldoccasion this extraordinary delay.
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Barlow says that movements were noticed after death in the victims of Asiatic cholera.
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While at our family estate in Ichapur, Bengal, I was stricken with Asiatic cholera.
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Background: Armed conflict, food insecurity, epidemic cholera, economic decline and deterioration of essential public services present overwhelming challenges to population health and well-being in Yemen.
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In September 2009, epidemic cholera was detected in the Far North region of Cameroon and the reported case-fatality rate was 12%.