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Water or food is contaminated by cholera bacteria. When you eat the same, they pass to your small intestine. There the bacteria multiply. They attach themselves to the wall of small intestine. They make your small intestine to secrete the fluid in very large quantity. So you get vomiting and loose motion.
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What is the infectious agent of cholera?
The bacterium that causes and spreads the Cholera disease is Vibro Cholerae.
Can cholera be spread from person to person or is it contagious?
Cholera does not spread through air. But then cholera spread by housefly. You can call it spread by 'Air'.
What were causes of death in Victorian Times?
cholera
How cholera is spread?
Cholera is spread through contaminated water and food. Cholera is unlikely to spread directly from one person to another.
Is cholera harmful or not harmful?
Cholera is harmful; it causes severe diarrhea which may lead to dehydration and death.
Can cholera kill people in the third world?
Cholera can kill any person.
Where cholera came from?
a person named cholera what did ya think...that id know the answer
When was cholera first isolated?
Robert Koch was the person who first isolated cholera in 1883
How does cholera prevent dehydration associated with severe diarrhea?
It doesn't. Cholera kills by dehydration via the severe diarrhea it causes!
What are the causes and symptoms of cholera?
You get cholera by drinking infected water or food. Cholera is caused by vibrio choleare bacteria. Vomiting, few times fallowed by profuse watery diarrhoea are the symptoms of the cholera. Typically there is rice water stool.
How is cholera spread from person to person?
If the infected person sneezes close to an un infected person Cholera is caused by a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae. A person gets cholera by drinking water or eating food infected with the bacterium. Once swallowed, it settles in the lining of the small bowel and releases a toxin (poison) that can cause the body to flush liquid into the small bowel, resulting in watery diarrhea. The bacterium that causes cholera is usually transmitted by water contaminated with human feces, but it can also be transmitted by ingesting contaminated food, especially raw or undercooked seafood and shellfish. Nost people infected with cholera have no symptoms, yet they carry the bacteria for few weeks, excreting them slowly into the water supply.
What is the bacteria in Cholera?
The bacterium that causes Cholera is called Vibrio cholerae.
