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Cholera broke out 27 times during the hajj at Mecca from the 19th century to 1930. [56] The sixth pandemic killed more than 800,000 in India. [12] The 1902–1904 cholera epidemic claimed 200,000 lives in the Philippines, [57] including their revolutionary hero and first prime minister Apolinario Mabini. A 1905 governmental report mentioned he ...
The bacterium as the cause of cholera was discovered by Robert Koch in 1884. Sambhu Nath De isolated the cholera toxin and demonstrated the toxin as the cause of cholera in 1959. The bacterium has a flagellum (a tail like structure) at one pole and several pili throughout its cell surface. It undergoes respiratory and fermentative metabolism.
Cholera (/ ˈ k ɒ l ər ə /) is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. [4] [3] Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. [3]The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea lasting a few days. [2]
The Broad Street cholera outbreak (or Golden Square outbreak) was a severe outbreak of cholera that occurred in 1854 near Broad Street (now Broadwick Street) in Soho, London, England, and occurred during the 1846–1860 cholera pandemic happening worldwide.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 December 2024. Russian-French microbiologist (1856–1930) Waldemar Mordechai Haffkine Born 15 March 1856 (1856-03-15) Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Odesa, Ukraine) Died 26 October 1930 (1930-10-27) (aged 74) Lausanne, Switzerland Citizenship Russian Empire France (later) British ...
Today we report on new genetic research that may lead to tools or treatments to prevent cholera outbreaks, and on a study of a potentially practice-changing approach to treating some liver tumors ...
Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (/ k ɒ x / KOKH; [1] [2] German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈkɔx] ⓘ; 11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician and microbiologist.As the discoverer of the specific causative agents of deadly infectious diseases including tuberculosis, cholera and anthrax, he is regarded as one of the main founders of modern bacteriology.
A cholera outbreak in Syria has already killed at least 33 people, posing a danger across the frontlines of the country's 11-year-long war and stirring fears in crowded camps for the displaced.