Cholera is caused by ingesting a bacteria known as Vibrio cholerae. It's found in contaminated water and food, explains Ivers, which then produces a toxin in the small intestine that leads to the ...

A drug-resistant cholera strain has spread to multiple countries. It resists ten antibiotics, including two key treatments. The strain originated in Yemen. It has reached Lebanon, Kenya, Tanzania ...

The cholera Ship Lord Brougham--Official Inspection by the Special Agent of the Commissioners of Emigration. Share full article.

From September 2018 to March 2019, a cholera outbreak with more than 10,000 suspected cases caused by a highly drug-resistant AFR13 7PET strain occurred in Zimbabwe.

Cholera is caused by the bacteria Vibrio cholerae.Though many people infected by cholera bacteria don’t become sick, the infection can sometimes cause severe, even life-threatening diarrhea and ...

Long-Distance Spread of a Highly Drug-Resistant Epidemic Cholera Strain. New England Journal of Medicine , 2024; 391 (23): 2271 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2408761 Cite This Page : ...

Scientists have now been able to trace the spread of this strain by studying the bacterial genomes. After Yemen, it was identified again in Lebanon in 2022, then in Kenya in 2023, and finally in ...

A medical personnel stands in front of a ward of a Cholera Treatment Center, funded by the Unicef, Malawi Red Cross and UK Aid, at Bwaila Hospital in the capital Lilongwe, Malawi, January 25, 2018.

Cholera cases have surged this year and the disease could be making an “unwelcome comeback” as war, poverty and climate change create ideal conditions for it to spread, warned World Health ...

A highly drug-resistant strain of cholera has been found in patients around the world, according to a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine. The World Health Organization has estimated ...

Cholera is mainly spread by contaminated food or water and can cause acute diarrhoea. ... In the southern district of Phalombe, Enifa Ngalawa, a 26-year-old sales agent, ...