0 a serious infection of the bowels caused by drinking infected water or eating infected food, causing diarrhoea, vomiting, and often death --
1 a serious infection of the bowels caused by bacteria esp. in water, causing severe diarrhea and sometimes death --
In connection with the identification apparatus mentioned above, different groups were branded as disease carriers while other cross-border enterprises were regarded as cholera-free.
While a wide assortment of organisms cause acute diarrhoea, the occurrence of cholera signifies serious levels of contamination of water.
The cholera epidemic of 1849, for example, provided contemporaries with graphic evidence of the tensions that could be generated by unregulated conditions in the towns.
He sent strict orders to the cabinet to prohibit it, citing a cholera epidemic in the capital as justification.
For more than twenty years - until 1855 in fact, the year of the second great cholera epidemic - there was no major crisis in mortality.
Cystic fibrosis heterozygote resistance to cholera toxin in the cystic fibrosis mouse model.
The singling out of the pilgrims as the main vector of cholera justified the lowering of the restraints on other groups of travellers.
One might ask, should polio vaccination or cholera control take precedence in refugee camps?
