Intestines infected by cholera, shown in isolation. Sections of intestines dissected to show interior inflammation. Taken from, On Cutaneous Diseases, volume 1 by Robert Wilan, 1808. Cholera is an acute illness caused by the gram-negative bacterium Vibrio

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Intestines infected by cholera, shown in isolation. Sections of intestines dissected to show interior inflammation. Taken from, On Cutaneous Diseases, volume 1 by Robert Wilan, 1808. Cholera is an acute illness caused by the gram-negative bacterium Vibrio cholerae which colonizes the small bowel. Cholera starts with diarrhea and vomiting between one and five days after infection. Up to 500ml of fluid may be lost each hour and, if not replaced, death follows within only a few hours due to dehydration. Cholera has caused many epidemics in the Indian continent and seven global pandemics in the last 160 years.

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