cholera
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 causative agent | vibrio cholerae bacteria |
| zoonosis | yes |
| transmission | fecal-oral |
| reservoir | originally- ganges river |
| old/emerging | old |
| old/new world | old |
| prevention | clean water, sewage disposal, stop immigration |
| current | still in developing countries |
| how it kills | by dehyrdation |
| petterkoffer | idea that cholera was caused by a miasma |
| snow | idea that cholera was caused by a poison |
| koch | idea that cholera was caused by germ/contagion |
| cholera riots | in russia |
| impacts | quarantine, stop immigration, sanitation techniques, toilets |
| currently | still in some developing countries |
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