The bacteria—V cholerae—colonize the small intestine where they secrete a potent enterotoxin. This toxin does not damage the intestinal lining but leads to the overproduction of cyclic AMP, which ...

Despite efforts to improve the availability of safe water and adequate sanitation, cholera continues to kill more than 100,000 people around the world every year. To combat this needless suffering, ...

Cholera is an acute bacterial disease. It causes severe acute watery diarrhoea, vomiting, and dehydration which leads to death, if not treated on time. [iStockphoto] At least six deaths and 271 new ...

Cholera cases are on the rise in eastern and southern Africa, leaving 28.4 million people in need across 11 countries. UNICEF is working with partners to improve critical health, water, sanitation and ...

Brazzaville — The deadliest cholera outbreak in Malawi's history has killed at least 1,210 people, while vaccines remain scarce and several other African nations report outbreaks, the World Health ...

Abia Government says that there was no confirmed case of cholera in the state, though it recorded 109 cases of stooling and vomiting in six of its 17 Local Government Areas. Dr Orie Agomoh, Director, ...

An unprecedented shortage of cholera vaccine has public health experts fearing that a recent surge of outbreaks across developing countries will only worsen, a situation they argue is as regrettable ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Traders selling food next to a pile of garbage in Muthurwa market, Nairobi. Cholera ...