Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
32 dead in Cameroon cholera outbreak
Thirty-two people have died in an outbreak of cholera in the central-western African state of Cameroon, the authorities said Wednesday.
Feb 9, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera kills over 2,300 in Nigeria's worst outbreak in years
Cholera has killed more than 2,300 people and infected thousands more, mostly children, in Nigeria since the start of the year, a senior health official said on Monday, in the nation's worst outbreak in years.
Sep 20, 2021
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Nigeria faces one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years
Nigeria is seeing one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years, with more than 2,300 people dying from suspected cases as Africa's most populous country struggles to deal with multiple disease outbreaks.
Sep 14, 2021
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Toll in Niger cholera epidemic reaches 104
An epidemic of cholera that has struck six regions in southern Niger has claimed 104 lives, the health ministry said on Friday.
Sep 3, 2021
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Cholera kills 35 in Niger
A cholera epidemic has claimed 35 lives in Niger, the health ministry of the poor Sahel nation said Thursday.
Aug 19, 2021
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Cholera is still a danger in Nigeria: here's what the government can do
Thousands of cases of cholera have been reported in Nigeria between January and June 2021. The northern states of Bauchi, Gombe, Kano, Plateau and Zamfara are among those affected.
Jul 12, 2021
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Packaged water consumption linked to cholera outbreak in DRC capital
Cholera is a diarrheal disease caused by ingestion of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. In November 2017, a cholera epidemic occurred in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where no outbreak had been recorded for ...
Jul 8, 2021
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Potential cholera vaccine target discovered
Findings from a team led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), reported in the online journal mBio, may help scientists develop a more effective vaccine for cholera, a bacterial disease that causes severe ...
Nov 17, 2020
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Cause of 1990s Argentina cholera epidemic uncovered
The evolution of epidemic and endemic strains of the cholera-causing bacterium Vibrio cholerae in Argentina has been mapped in detail by researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical ...
Oct 1, 2020
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Leiden cholera epidemics mapped out, literally
Three cholera epidemics struck 19th-century Leiden. Today's coronavirus pandemic prompted Martijn Storms, curator of maps and atlases at the Leiden University Libraries, to scour the library for maps about these past epidemics.
Sep 10, 2020
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