They were carried off by malaria, cholera, typhus, heat stroke, agues and tropical distempers, and drink, lots of drink. |
Typhus cases shot through the roof, as did diphtheria, relapsing fever, dysentery, cholera and so on. |
Improved water testing capacity has been introduced to check for cholera and other waterborne diseases. |
Pasteur went on to discover vaccinations for chicken pox, cholera, diphtheria, anthrax and rabies. |
The arrival of Asiatic cholera in Europe in 1830, against which quarantines proved singularly ineffective, heralded the demise of the system. |
In Liberia, the major health issue is infectious diseases, including yellow fever, cholera, typhoid, polio and malaria. |