TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Cholera
A1  - Narra, Rupa
A1  - Turnsek, Maryann
A1  - Davis, William
A1  - Mintz, Eric
A2  - Boulton, Matthew L.
A2  - Wallace, Robert B.
PY  - 2022
T2  - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e
AB  - Cholera  is  an  acute  infection  of  the  small  intestine  caused  by  fecal-oral  transmission  of  the  toxigenic  bacterium  Vibrio  cholerae  serogroup  O1  or  O139.  In  individual  patients,  cholera  presents  with  the  sudden  onset  of  profuse  watery  diarrhea  that  can  rapidly  lead  to  dehydration  and  death.  In  epidemic  form,  cholera  can  spread  rapidly  through  entire  countries,  filling  hospitals,  cholera  treatment  centers,  and  cemeteries.  Despite  our  knowledge  of  cholera  epidemiology,  microbiology,  and  its  clinical  management,  and  our  success  in  protecting  populations  in  many  countries  from  epidemic  cholera,  it  remains  a  major  public  health  concern  in  Africa,  Asia,  and  the  Americas,  where  populations  with  limited  access  to  safe  drinking  water  and  sanitation  continue  to  suffer  cholera  illnesses,  hospitalizations,  and  deaths.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182665297
ER  -