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According to the World Health Organization, the incidence of cholera is being systematically under-reported by countries afraid of losing trade and income from tourism. It estimates that the disease is infecting millions of people a year, 10 times more than the number of cases reported.
Many people fail to report that they are suffering from cholera because of the stigma attached to it. 'People see it as a dirty disease, says Claire-Lise Chaignat, cholera coordinator at the World Health Organization, in the WHO Bulletin [1]. 'They think it's normal to have diarrhoea.' Cholera is spread mostly through contaminated food and water.
In 2007, there were 178,000 reported cases of cholera, with 4,031 deaths. Chaignat believes, however, that the actual death toll could have been as high as 120,000.
The disease is spreading fast in Zimbabwe, while Angola, Sudan, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Liberia, South Africa and Madagascar have all had large outbreaks in the past decade. Other hotspots include Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and much of Africa.
Over 200 proven cases of cholera have been reported in the U.S. since 1973, with 90% occurring within the last 5 years. Most of these cases were detected only after epidemiological investigation. Probably more sporadic cases have occurred, but have gone undiagnosed or unreported. (Source: FDA Bad Bug Book)
In April 1997, a Vibrio cholera outbreak occurred among 90,000 Rwandan refugees residing in three temporary camps between Kisangani and Ubundu, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
During February 7-May 10, 1992, an epidemic of cholera caused by Vibrio cholerae O1, serotype Ogawa, affected 1044 persons in Western Burundi, a small country in central Africa.
494 cases registered for cholera in Peru 2001 (Regional Core Health Data Initiative, Pan American Health Organisation, 2003)
522 cases registered for cholera in Brazil 2000 (Regional Core Health Data Initiative, Pan American Health Organisation, 2003)
141 cases registered for cholera in Venezuela 2000 (Regional Core Health Data Initiative, Pan American Health Organisation, 2003)
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Is cholera still a threat?
Even to day also cholera kills about 60,000 to 120,000 people annually. Mostly the children. Cholera vaccine is not very effective. So cholera is going to be threat for ever. It is one of the biological weapon, which can be used in wars, to kill the 'Humanity'.
What disease was a major threat in Shakespeare's era?
Cholera, typhoid, smallpox and syphilis
How could cholera cause a pandemic?
Cholera can not cause pandemic today, unless there is some natural calamity. There were cholera pandemic in past, due to lack of knowledge about cholera and lack of hygiene.
Does cholera cause many deaths today?
YES
What preventive measures have helped eliminate the threat of cholera in the US?
The threat of cholera was eliminated from US and for that purpose from all the developed countries, by way of good sanitation and hygiene. The human longevity has increased to present level, long before (almost 100 years) the advent of modern chemotherapy.
What were the symptoms of cholera in pioneer time?
Symptoms of cholera were the same like they are today. Vomiting, few times fallowed by profuse watery diarrhoea are the symptoms of the cholera. Typically there is rice water stool. Vomiting, few times fallowed by profuse watery diarrhoea are the symptoms of the cholera. Typically there is rice water stool.
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