Concept information
Preferred term
geography of cholera
Definition
- Cholera is an acute diarrheal disease with a fecal-oral transmission route and is caused by ingestion of a dose of between 10,000 and 1 million Vibrio cholerae bacteria. The disease typically manifests in densely populated areas with high poverty, where water and sanitation remain unimproved. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Cholera, Geography of]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/geography_of_cholera
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