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Cholera is caused by strains of the bacteria Vibrio cholerae. There are more than 100 species of Vibrio cholerae, only a few of which are known to cause cholera. The bacteria usually causes severe ...

Yemen is in the midst of an unprecedented cholera outbreak. But what makes Vibrio cholerae so efficient, giving it the ability to "set up" infection in hundreds of thousands of people in one area?

The deadly bacterium behind cholera epidemics spends only a fraction of its life infecting humans. Most of the time, Vibrio cholerae lurks in estuaries and other semisalty aquatic habitats.

Cholera is a severe diarrheal disease caused by a toxin produced by Vibrio cholerae that leads to life-threatening losses of fluid and electrolytes. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Napo Pharmaceuticals today announces positive clinical data on the effectiveness of crofelemer from a study for CRO-ID in treating severely ill cholera patients ...

Diarrhoea has the highest number of cases every year. In 2021 alone, India recorded 6,015,506 cases, the largest annual ...

Adults between the ages of 18 and 64 years are recommended to receive one dose of the lyophilized CVD 103-HgR (Vaxchora, PaxVax) cholera vaccine before travel to areas with active cholera transmission ...