Cholera is a strictly human disease caused by a bacterium, vibrio cholerae, that is transmitted from person to person through fecal contaminated food and water and can kill within hours if left untreated.

World Immunization Week

Cholera vaccine

  • ARTICLE
March 16, 2018

Lives saved for the sake of a few degrees

Reference

  1. WHO. Cholera Fact Sheet. August 2017. Accessed January 2018. Retrieved from: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cholera

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