Epidemiology of Cholera

Overview

Journal Vaccine

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2019 Aug 10

PMID 31395455

Citations 67

Authors

Jacqueline Deen

Martin A Mengel

John D Clemens

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Abstract

Cholera is an ancient disease that remains a public health problem in many impoverished locations around the world. Seven pandemics of cholera have been recorded since the first pandemic in 1817, the last of which is on going. Overcrowding, poverty, insufficient water and sanitation facilities increase the risk for cholera outbreaks. The epidemiology of cholera in the areas in Asia, Africa and the Americas where the disease occurs continues to evolve.

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