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the industrial revolution had many killer diseases including cholera. they thought at the time that miasma (bad smells) caused this and that eating and drinking to much also caused it.

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The dirty water that was infected with feaces and urine (poopoo and weewee)

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because you touch your self at night.

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bad air

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Q: What did people believed caused cholera?
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What microb is caused by cholera?

Cholera is caused by Vibrio cholerae.


Is cholera caused by a bacterium?

Cholera is not caused by any virus. Cholera is caused by baceteria. Name of that bacteria is vibrio cholerae.


Is cholera caused by a bacterium or a fungus?

Cholera is caused by bacteria. Name of the bacteria is vibrio cholerae.


How is the cholera transmitted?

Cholera is caused by the bacteria called as vibrio cholerae. These bacteria are excreted in very large number in loose motion of the cholera patient. These bacteria are transmitted through contaminated water and by flies, at times by hands to other people.


Is cholera a host or a vector?

Cholera is neither host nor the vector. Cholera is a disease caused by vibrio cholerae bacteria.


What is a cholera epidemic?

Cholera is a dreadful disease caused by unsanitary conditions found along rivers which pioneers stopped to camp at. It is caused by contaminated water. They do human waste on the rivers and they drank the water. They threw animal carcasses on the river which they drank. They threw food on the rivers which caused the water in river to turn into an contaminated water which they drank caused cholera. Sadly, the emigrants did not realize that they will get cholera from the contaminated water.


Does chlorine cause cholera?

Chlorine does not cause cholera. You may get cholera, by absence of that little chlorine in public water supply.


What is cholera how does it spread?

Cholera is a dreadful disease caused by unsanitary conditions found along rivers which pioneers stopped to camp at. It is caused by contaminated water. They do human waste on the rivers and they drank the water. They threw animal carcasses on the river which they drank. They threw food on the rivers which caused the water in river to turn into an contaminated water which they drank caused cholera. Sadly, the emigrants did not realize that they will get cholera from the contaminated water.


What is the cause of cholera?

cholera is caused by the bacterium V. cholera. It often occurs when there is:poor sanitationwarovercrowdingfamineor if you eat something thats unsanitary


What are diseases caused by excess of water?

cholera.....jaundice


Which disease is caused by bacterial genus in milk?

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What organisms are affected your cholera?

Cholera is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.