Directory of Cholera Resources

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Cholera is caused by an enterotoxin produced by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. There have been and continue to be massive pandemics of this disease across the world.

Resources in This Category

• CDC: Cholera

  http://www.cdc.gov/cholera/index.html
  FAQ on cholera from the Centers for Disease Control.

• Cholera

  http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs107/en/
  WHO fact sheet with cause, treatment, pandemics, prevention, and transmission.

• Cholera Information for Travelers

  http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2010/chapter-5/cholera.aspx
  From the Centers for Disease Control. Includes recommendations on the use of the cholera vaccine.

• eMedicine - Cholera

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/962643-overview
  Article by Sajeev Handa, MBBCh, BAO, LRCSI, LRCPI.

• Guidelines for the Control of Infectious Diseases: Cholera

  http://ideas.health.vic.gov.au/bluebook/cholera.asp
  Factsheet from Australia.

• MDTravel Health - Cholera

  http://www.mdtravelhealth.com/infectious/cholera.html
  Features links, disease and vaccine information, and prevention.

• MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Cholera

  https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000303.htm
  Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, and prevention.

• Nobel e-Museum: Cholera: G Proteins are at Full Speed Ahead

  http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1994/illpres/cholera.html
  The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine 1994.

• Pan American Health Organization: Cholera

  http://www.paho.org/english/hcp/hct/eer/cholera.htm
  Incidence reports, surveillance, and databases.

• Vibrio cholerae

  http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Vibrio_cholerae
  Scientific and medical information about this organism and the disease it causes.

• Vibrio Cholerae and Asiatic Cholera

  http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/cholera.html
  Scientific and medical information about the disease, past epidemics, and the causative organism.

• Vibrio cholerae Serogroup O1

  http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/CausesOfIllnessBadBugBook/ucm070071.htm
  FDA/CFSAN Bad Bug Book. Disease information, treatment, prevention, and risks.

• WHO: Cholera

  http://www.who.int/topics/cholera/
  Includes factsheets, news releases, control measures, vaccines, and information for travelers.

• WHO: Cholera Vaccine

  http://www.who.int/immunization/diseases/cholera/en/
  Directory of resources concerning cholera and its vaccine.

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