An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food.
1
Another 17 cholera cases were reported in Chardonnieres on the south coast.
2
With some cases of cholera already reported, fear of epidemics is growing.
3
They expect the cholera in Sahalin and keep all vessels in quarantine.
4
The results were deaths from water-borne diseases such as cholera and typhoid.
5
But those cholera treatment facilities were often just plywood structures or tents.
1
Next day two cases of Asiatic cholera were reported in the steerage.
2
The symptoms are similar to those of Asiatic cholera, but not so violent.
3
Nothing but real indisposition-perhapsAsiatic cholera?-couldoccasion this extraordinary delay.
4
Barlow says that movements were noticed after death in the victims of Asiatic cholera.
5
While at our family estate in Ichapur, Bengal, I was stricken with Asiatic cholera.
1
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.
2
In September 2009, epidemic cholera was detected in the Far North region of Cameroon and the reported case-fatality rate was 12%.