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epidemic cholera

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Noun1.epidemic cholera - an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
Asiatic cholera, cholera, Indian cholera
infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact


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To the Editor: The epidemic cholera caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 appeared in Latin America in 1991 after a 100-year absence.
Newly isolated Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 phages by Rodrigues, D.P. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Recently, Andrew Camilli, a microbiologist at Tuffs University School of Medicine in Boston, and his colleagues began investigating whether bacteria causing epidemic cholera differ from those typically found in the wild and their test-tube derivatives.
Efficient germ: human body boosts power of cholera microbe. (Science ... by Seppa, N. / Science News
Epidemic cholera in the New World: translating field epidemiology into new prevention strategies.
Global surveillance, national surveillance, and SARS by Rodier, Guenael / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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