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Cholera
This page is medical background from WHO/CDC citations. It is not current-event intelligence.
- Pathogen
- Vibrio cholerae
- Transmission
- Fecal-oral, contaminated water and food (WHO).
- Incubation
- 12 hours to 5 days (WHO).
- Typical symptoms
- Acute watery diarrhea, dehydration.
- Treatment
- Rehydration is primary; antibiotics in some cases (WHO).
- Vaccine
- Oral cholera vaccines are used in outbreak and endemic settings (WHO).
- Historical fatality
- Can be high without rehydration; low with prompt treatment (WHO).