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epidemic cholera

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Noun1.epidemic cholera - an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or foodepidemic 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: Among the 206 serogroups of Vibrio cholerae, O1 and O139 are associated with epidemic cholera.
Classical ctxB in Vibrio cholerae 01, Kolkata, India by Raychoudhuri, Amit; Patra, Tapas; Ghosh, Kausik; Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan; Nandy, Ranjan K.; Takeda / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Powderject said that the efforts of its partner Aventis Pasteur had helped it land a recent contract to supply "significant" quantities to the Ivory Coast to protect against epidemic cholera.
Takeover talks at buoyant Powderject by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
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
 
 
 
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