RT Book, Section A1 Narra, Rupa A1 Turnsek, Maryann A1 Davis, William A1 Mintz, Eric A2 Boulton, Matthew L. A2 Wallace, Robert B. SR Print(0) ID 1182665297 T1 Cholera T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e YR 2022 FD 2022 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781259644511 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182665297 RD 2024/03/28 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.