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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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What microb is caused by cholera?

Cholera is caused by Vibrio cholerae.


Is cholera caused by a bacterium?

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How is the cholera transmitted?

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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.


What are diseases caused by excess of water?

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What is cholera how does it spread?

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What caused the deaths of 11500 Londoners in 1853?

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