The origin of cholera has been elusive, even though scientific evidence clearly shows it is a
waterborne disease. However, standard bacteriological procedures for isolation of the …

It has long been known that cholera outbreaks can be initiated when Vibrio cholerae, the
bacterium that causes cholera, is present in drinking water in sufficient numbers to constitute …

Historically, most of the major epidemics or outbreaks of cholera around the world have
originated in coastal regions. The most dramatic of recent outbreaks of cholera occurred in …

Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera, is naturally present in the environment and
autochthonous to coastal and estuarine ecosystems. V. cholerae is associated with …

Latin America has experienced two of the largest cholera epidemics in modern history; one
in 1991 and the other in 2010. However, confusion still surrounds the relationships between …

Cholera, a devastating diarrheal disease, has swept through the world in recurrent
pandemics since 1817. The seventh and ongoing pandemic began in 1961 when the El Tor …

In the aquatic environment, Vibrio cholerae has been reported to be associated with a
variety of living organisms, including animals with an exoskeleton of chitin, aquatic plants …

According to the “cholera paradigm,” epidemiology of this prototypical waterborne disease is
considered to be driven directly by climate-induced variations in coastal aquatic reservoirs of …

Vibrio cholerae is widely known to be the etiological agent of the life-threatening diarrheal
disease cholera. Cholera remains a major scourge in many developing countries, infecting …

Abstract Background Vibrio cholerae, a Gram-negative, non-spore forming curved rod is
found in diverse aquatic ecosystems around the planet. It is classified according to its major …