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geography of cholera  

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  • 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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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-KXCML0S8-S

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