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Cholera is a
bacterial disease usually spread through contaminated water. Cholera causes severe diarrhoea and dehydration.
- Left untreated, cholera can be fatal in a matter of hours, even in previously healthy people.
- Modern sewage and water treatment have virtually eliminated cholera in industrialized countries.
- The last major outbreak in the United States occurred in 1911. But cholera is still present in Africa, Southeast Asia and Haiti.
- The risk of cholera epidemic is highest when poverty, war or natural disasters force people to live in crowded conditions without adequate sanitation.
- Cholera is easily treated.
- Death results from severe dehydration that can be prevented with a simple and inexpensive rehydration solution.
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