Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study warns of cholera flare-up in beleaguered Yemen

War-torn Yemen, caught in what the UN terms the world's worst humanitarian crisis, risks a resurgence of cholera that could infect millions as the rainy season advances, researchers warned Friday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Modelling the effect of vaccines on cholera transmission

Cholera is a diarrhoeal disease that is caused by an intestinal bacterium, Vibrio cholerae. Recently an outbreak of cholera in Haiti brought public attention to this deadly disease. In this work, the goal of our differential ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Old foe, cholera, returns to haunt Algeria

Outside a hospital in Algeria, worried relatives arrive daily in a desperate bid to talk to those quarantined inside—the victims of the country's first cholera outbreak in more than 20 years.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cholera death toll climbs to 45 in Zimbabwe

At least 45 people have been killed by cholera in Zimbabwe in the past three weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday, describing the strain as "multi-drug resistant".

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