Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It has a short incubation period of few hours to 5 days. Once infected, the patient develops watery diarrhoea which can lead to severe dehydration and death if treatment is not promptly given. Left untreated, mortality from severe dehydration approaches 50%. However,...
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