History of Cholera
Published 1 January 1992
D Barua
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It was difficult to define cholera precisely (which has a broad clinical spectrum) and to distinguish it from many other diseases associated with diarrhea and vomiting.
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What is cholera? How and where did it start? How did and does it spread? There is a lack of agreement about the early history of cholera. Confusion arose because it was difficult to define cholera precisely (which has a broad clinical spectrum) and to distinguish it from many other diseases associated with diarrhea and vomiting.KeywordsLarge OutbreakCholera OutbreakUnited RepublicInternational Health RegulationCholera CaseThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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