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Prevention and Control of Cholera: Operational Guidelines for the National and District Health Workers & Planners.
Global Health Security Capacities
Communicable Diseases
Description
Cholera is preventable and treatable acute diarrhoeal disease caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, either serogroup O1 or O139. Cholera is usually transmitted through consumption of water or food contaminated by faeces bearing the cholera organism.