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. 2020 Feb 29:38 Suppl 1:A31-A40.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.07.078. Epub 2019 Aug 5.

Epidemiology of cholera

Jacqueline Deen  1 , Martin A Mengel  2 , John D Clemens  3
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Epidemiology of cholera

Jacqueline Deen et al. Vaccine. .
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Abstract

Cholera is an ancient disease that remains a public health problem in many impoverished locations around the world. Seven pandemics of cholera have been recorded since the first pandemic in 1817, the last of which is on going. Overcrowding, poverty, insufficient water and sanitation facilities increase the risk for cholera outbreaks. The epidemiology of cholera in the areas in Asia, Africa and the Americas where the disease occurs continues to evolve.

Keywords: Cholera; Epidemiology; Pandemics; Transmission; Vibrio cholerae.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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