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What does cholera mean?

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  1. (pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.
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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.

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