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Surveill ance Laboratory Working Group For more information please contact the GTFCC Secretariat GTFCCsecretariatwhoint 1 Interim Technical Note Introduction of DNA based identification an. The bacterium secretes toxin cholera toxin CT which causes severe 64258uid loss from the body into the digestive tract leading to dehydration and ultimately death by diarrhoea V cholerae has caused seven worldwide disease outbreaks or pandemics sinc The bacteria is typically found in water environments such as freshwater lakes and rivers Cholera is usually transmitted to people or animals through contaminated water sourc es Contamination comes from fecal material from infected individuals Chole Epidemiology and data handling . exercise. - With answer key . &. answers animated in slideshow-. Adapted for. A level biology students. By. . Severa. von . Wentzel. & . Mary Doherty . Doctors Without Borders / . Epidemiology and data handling . exercise. - . Without . answer key -. Adapted for. A level biology students. By. . Severa. von . Wentzel. & . Mary Doherty . Doctors Without Borders / . Medecins. By: Nadia Nagy. What is Cholera?. Cholera is . a diarrheal . infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium . Vibrio . cholerae. . Bhujel. 2013. 3-5 million cholera cases currently with ~120,000 deaths each year (WHO 2013). Carime. Gordon. Alexandria Henry. Andrew Hendrix . Jordon Garman. Cholera Overview. Acute. , diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio . cholera.. Usually . found in . Dr. Ravi Kant . Assistant Professor,. Department of . medicine . Definition. Cholera is an acute diarrheal disease that can, in a matter of hours, result in profound, rapidly progressive dehydration and death.. Kym . Watson, Fraunhofer IOSB, . Germany. EO2HEAVEN Coordinator . GEO X, EU Side Event. Geneva, Switzerland, 14.01.2014. Project Facts . and. . Figures. EO2HEAVEN: . Earth Observation and . ENVironmental. Dr . Sam Kanyili . Mathiu. Chief . Medical . Officer. UN Joint Medical Services UNIPSIL, Sierra . Leone. What is Cholera?. Acute intestinal infection caused by . a bacterium called . Vibrio cholerae. The Basics. Infection Cause . Cholera is an acute epidemic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio . cholerae. . A soluble toxin elaborated in the intestinal tract by the bacterium activates the . Poor sanitation. Houses lack basic facilities . Lack of clean water. Crowded living conditions. Inadequate sewage system. What is cholera and how do the symptoms arise?. Cholera. Cholera bacteria are ingested by humans through faecal contaminated food or water.. Maureen . Khambira. Cholera IM Consultant . UNICEF ESARO. Cholera IM System. An information management system in the context of a cholera outbreak involves the collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of information. . WASH Advisor Meeting . Geneva 2017. Global Cholera Burden. Updated Global Burden of Cholera in Endemic Counters Ali . etl. There are an estimated . 2.86 million . cases of cholera annually in endemic countries. Spatial distribution of the burden of cholera in endemic countries are shown in  Countries with estimates of more than 100,000 cases annually include: . Gad Mohamed. Professor of Epidemiology. College of Medicine & KKUH . Greek word for the gutter of a roof, comparing the deluge of water following a rainstorm to that of the anus of an infected person .