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CHOLERA

CHOLERA. http://blackminis.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/winter-brings-infection/. Mary-Parke McEarchan Priyanka Vakil. HISTORY. Origins: South Asian Continent 7 pandemics - gradually spread to the rest of the world - prevalence in developing/3 rd world countries. HISTORY.

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CHOLERA

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  1. CHOLERA http://blackminis.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/winter-brings-infection/ Mary-Parke McEarchan Priyanka Vakil

  2. HISTORY Origins: South Asian Continent 7 pandemics - gradually spread to the rest of the world - prevalence in developing/3rd world countries

  3. HISTORY Pandemic 1: 1817- 1823 - Bengal - Trade routes - Colonization - Mysterious disappearance in 1823 Pandemic 2: 1829-1849 - India  Russia - 1831, England - Ireland  North America

  4. HISTORY Pandemic 3: 1852-1859 - Most deadly - 1854: 23,000 - Our hero JOHN SNOW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YE9prWKpJ4&feature=related (6:40 s) Pandemic 4: 1863-1874 - Bengal again! - Mecca pilgrims - East London Water Company, William Farr - Middle East, Europe, Africa, N. America

  5. HISTORY Pandemic 5: 1881 – 1896 - Guess where? - Quarantine measures - 1892: Waldemar Haffkine Pandemic 6: 1899-1923 - India suffers - Last outbreak in US (1910-1911) Pandemic 7: 1961 – Present - Indonesia - “El Tor” - Bangladesh  Africa  South America - 1992 : 0139 Bengal

  6. VIBRIO CHOLARAE 1854 - Pacini 1884 - Koch Morphology - Gram negative - comma shaped - polar flagellum

  7. VIBRIO CHOLARAE

  8. VIBRIO CHOLARAE

  9. TRANSMISSION • Fecal-oral • Reservoir • Contamination • Carriers • Person to person?

  10. SYMPTOMS

  11. DIAGNOSIS

  12. TREATMENT

  13. PREVENTION

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