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Cholera

December 03, 2023

This article is about the bacterial disease. For the dish, see Cholera (food).

Cholera (/ˈkɒlərə/) is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.[4][3] Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe.[3] The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea lasting a few days.[2] Vomiting and muscle cramps may also occur.[3] Diarrhea can be so severe that it leads within hours to severe dehydration and electrolyte imbalance.[2] This may result in sunken eyes, cold skin, decreased skin elasticity, and wrinkling of the hands and feet.[5] Dehydration can cause the skin to turn bluish.[8] Symptoms start two hours to five days after exposure.[3]

Cholera
Other namesAsiatic cholera, epidemic cholera[1]
A person with severe dehydration due to cholera, causing sunken eyes and wrinkled hands and skin.
SpecialtyInfectious disease
SymptomsLarge amounts of watery diarrhea, vomiting, muscle cramps[2][3]
ComplicationsDehydration, electrolyte imbalance[2]
Usual onset2 hours to 5 days after exposure[3]
DurationA few days[2]
CausesVibrio cholerae spread by fecal-oral route[2][4]
Risk factorsPoor sanitation, not enough clean drinking water, poverty[2]
Diagnostic methodStool test[2]
PreventionImproved sanitation, clean water, hand washing, cholera vaccines[2][5]
TreatmentOral rehydration therapy, zinc supplementation, intravenous fluids, antibiotics[2][6]
PrognosisLess than 1% mortality rate with proper treatment, untreated mortality rate 50-60%
Frequency3–5 million people a year[2]
Deaths28,800 (2015)[7]

Cholera is caused by a number of types of Vibrio cholerae, with some types producing more severe disease than others.[2] It is spread mostly by unsafe water and unsafe food that has been contaminated with human feces containing the bacteria.[2] Undercooked shellfish is a common source.[9] Humans are the only known host for the bacteria.[2] Risk factors for the disease include poor sanitation, insufficient clean drinking water, and poverty.[2] Cholera can be diagnosed by a stool test,[2] or a rapid dipstick test, although the dipstick test is less accurate.[10]

Prevention methods against cholera include improved sanitation and access to clean water.[5] Cholera vaccines that are given by mouth provide reasonable protection for about six months, and confer the added benefit of protecting against another type of diarrhea caused by E. coli.[2] In 2017 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a single-dose, live, oral cholera vaccine called Vaxchora for adults aged 18–64 who are travelling to an area of active cholera transmission.[11] It offers limited protection to young children. People who survive an episode of cholera have long-lasting immunity for at least 3 years (the period tested.)[12]

The primary treatment for affected individuals is oral rehydration salts (ORS), the replacement of fluids and electrolytes by using slightly sweet and salty solutions.[2] Rice-based solutions are preferred.[2] In children, Zinc supplementation has also been found to improve outcomes.[6] In severe cases, intravenous fluids, such as Ringer's lactate, may be required, and antibiotics may be beneficial.[2] The choice of antibiotic is aided by antibiotic sensitivity testing.[3]

Cholera continues to affect an estimated 3–5 million people worldwide and causes 28,800–130,000 deaths a year.[2][7] To date, seven cholera pandemics have occurred in the developing world, with the most recent beginning in 1961, and continuing today.[13] The illness is rare in high-income countries, and affects children most severely.[2][14] Cholera occurs as both outbreaks and chronically in certain areas.[2] Areas with an ongoing risk of disease include Africa and Southeast Asia.[2] The risk of death among those affected is usually less than 5%, given improved treatment, but may be as high as 50% without such access to treatment.[2] Descriptions of cholera are found as early as the 5th century BC in Sanskrit.[5] In Europe, cholera was a term initially used to describe any kind of gastroenteritis, and was not used for this disease until the early 19th century.[15] The study of cholera in England by John Snow between 1849 and 1854 led to significant advances in the field of epidemiology because of his insights about transmission via contaminated water, and a map of the same was the first recorded incidence of epidemiological tracking.[5][16]

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Signs and symptoms

 
Typical cholera diarrhea that looks like "rice water"

The primary symptoms of cholera are profuse diarrhea and vomiting of clear fluid.[17] These symptoms usually start suddenly, half a day to five days after ingestion of the bacteria.[18] The diarrhea is frequently described as "rice water" in nature and may have a fishy odor.[17] An untreated person with cholera may produce 10 to 20 litres (3 to 5 US gal) of diarrhea a day.[17] Severe cholera, without treatment, kills about half of affected individuals.[17] If the severe diarrhea is not treated, it can result in life-threatening dehydration and electrolyte imbalances.[17] Estimates of the ratio of asymptomatic to symptomatic infections have ranged from 3 to 100.[19] Cholera has been nicknamed the "blue death"[20] because a person's skin may turn bluish-gray from extreme loss of fluids.[21]

Fever is rare and should raise suspicion for secondary infection. Patients can be lethargic and might have sunken eyes, dry mouth, cold clammy skin, or wrinkled hands and feet. Kussmaul breathing, a deep and labored breathing pattern, can occur because of acidosis from stool bicarbonate losses and lactic acidosis associated with poor perfusion. Blood pressure drops due to dehydration, peripheral pulse is rapid and thready, and urine output decreases with time. Muscle cramping and weakness, altered consciousness, seizures, or even coma due to electrolyte imbalances are common, especially in children.[17]

Cause

Main article: Vibrio cholerae
 
Scanning electron microscope image of Vibrio cholerae
 
Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes cholera

Transmission

Cholera bacteria have been found in shellfish and plankton.[17]

Transmission is usually through the fecal-oral route of contaminated food or water caused by poor sanitation.[2] Most cholera cases in developed countries are a result of transmission by food, while in developing countries it is more often water.[17] Food transmission can occur when people harvest seafood such as oysters in waters infected with sewage, as Vibrio cholerae accumulates in planktonic crustaceans and the oysters eat the zooplankton.[22]

People infected with cholera often have diarrhea, and disease transmission may occur if this highly liquid stool, colloquially referred to as "rice-water", contaminates water used by others.[23] A single diarrheal event can cause a one-million fold increase in numbers of V. cholerae in the environment.[24] The source of the contamination is typically other people with cholera when their untreated diarrheal discharge is allowed to get into waterways, groundwater or drinking water supplies. Drinking any contaminated water and eating any foods washed in the water, as well as shellfish living in the affected waterway, can cause a person to contract an infection. Cholera is rarely spread directly from person to person.[25][note 1]

V. cholerae also exists outside the human body in natural water sources, either by itself or through interacting with phytoplankton, zooplankton, or biotic and abiotic detritus.[26] Drinking such water can also result in the disease, even without prior contamination through fecal matter. Selective pressures exist however in the aquatic environment that may reduce the virulence of V. cholerae.[26] Specifically, animal models indicate that the transcriptional profile of the pathogen changes as it prepares to enter an aquatic environment.[26] This transcriptional change results in a loss of ability of V. cholerae to be cultured on standard media, a phenotype referred to as 'viable but non-culturable' (VBNC) or more conservatively 'active but non-culturable' (ABNC).[26] One study indicates that the culturability of V. cholerae drops 90% within 24 hours of entering the water, and furthermore that this loss in culturability is associated with a loss in virulence.[26][27]

Both toxic and non-toxic strains exist. Non-toxic strains can acquire toxicity through a temperate bacteriophage.[28]

Susceptibility

About 100 million bacteria must typically be ingested to cause cholera in a normal healthy adult.[17] This dose, however, is less in those with lowered gastric acidity (for instance those using proton pump inhibitors).[17] Children are also more susceptible, with two- to four-year-olds having the highest rates of infection.[17] Individuals' susceptibility to cholera is also affected by their blood type, with those with type O blood being the most susceptible.[17] Persons with lowered immunity, such as persons with AIDS or malnourished children, are more likely to develop a severe case if they become infected.[29] Any individual, even a healthy adult in middle age, can undergo a severe case, and each person's case should be measured by the loss of fluids, preferably in consultation with a professional health care provider.[medical citation needed]

The cystic fibrosis genetic mutation known as delta-F508 in humans has been said to maintain a selective heterozygous advantage: heterozygous carriers of the mutation (who are not affected by cystic fibrosis) are more resistant to V. cholerae infections.[30] In this model, the genetic deficiency in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator channel proteins interferes with bacteria binding to the intestinal epithelium, thus reducing the effects of an infection.

Mechanism

 
The role of biofilm in the intestinal colonization of Vibrio cholerae

When consumed, most bacteria do not survive the acidic conditions of the human stomach.[31] The few surviving bacteria conserve their energy and stored nutrients during the passage through the stomach by shutting down protein production. When the surviving bacteria exit the stomach and reach the small intestine, they must propel themselves through the thick mucus that lines the small intestine to reach the intestinal walls where they can attach and thrive.[31]

Once the cholera bacteria reach the intestinal wall, they no longer need the flagella to move. The bacteria stop producing the protein flagellin to conserve energy and nutrients by changing the mix of proteins that they express in response to the changed chemical surroundings. On reaching the intestinal wall, V. cholerae start producing the toxic proteins that give the infected person a watery diarrhea. This carries the multiplying new generations of V. cholerae bacteria out into the drinking water of the next host if proper sanitation measures are not in place.[32]

The cholera toxin (CTX or CT) is an oligomeric complex made up of six protein subunits: a single copy of the A subunit (part A), and five copies of the B subunit (part B), connected by a disulfide bond. The five B subunits form a five-membered ring that binds to GM1 gangliosides on the surface of the intestinal epithelium cells. The A1 portion of the A subunit is an enzyme that ADP-ribosylates G proteins, while the A2 chain fits into the central pore of the B subunit ring. Upon binding, the complex is taken into the cell via receptor-mediated endocytosis. Once inside the cell, the disulfide bond is reduced, and the A1 subunit is freed to bind with a human partner protein called ADP-ribosylation factor 6 (Arf6).[33] Binding exposes its active site, allowing it to permanently ribosylate the Gs alpha subunit of the heterotrimeric G protein. This results in constitutive cAMP production, which in turn leads to the secretion of water, sodium, potassium, and bicarbonate into the lumen of the small intestine and rapid dehydration. The gene encoding the cholera toxin was introduced into V. cholerae by horizontal gene transfer. Virulent strains of V. cholerae carry a variant of a temperate bacteriophage called CTXφ.

Microbiologists have studied the genetic mechanisms by which the V. cholerae bacteria turn off the production of some proteins and turn on the production of other proteins as they respond to the series of chemical environments they encounter, passing through the stomach, through the mucous layer of the small intestine, and on to the intestinal wall.[34] Of particular interest have been the genetic mechanisms by which cholera bacteria turn on the protein production of the toxins that interact with host cell mechanisms to pump chloride ions into the small intestine, creating an ionic pressure which prevents sodium ions from entering the cell. The chloride and sodium ions create a salt-water environment in the small intestines, which through osmosis can pull up to six liters of water per day through the intestinal cells, creating the massive amounts of diarrhea. The host can become rapidly dehydrated unless treated properly.[35]

By inserting separate, successive sections of V. cholerae DNA into the DNA of other bacteria, such as E. coli that would not naturally produce the protein toxins, researchers have investigated the mechanisms by which V. cholerae responds to the changing chemical environments of the stomach, mucous layers, and intestinal wall. Researchers have discovered a complex cascade of regulatory proteins controls expression of V. cholerae virulence determinants.[36] In responding to the chemical environment at the intestinal wall, the V. cholerae bacteria produce the TcpP/TcpH proteins, which, together with the ToxR/ToxS proteins, activate the expression of the ToxT regulatory protein. ToxT then directly activates expression of virulence genes that produce the toxins, causing diarrhea in the infected person and allowing the bacteria to colonize the intestine.[34] Current[when?] research aims at discovering "the signal that makes the cholera bacteria stop swimming and start to colonize (that is, adhere to the cells of) the small intestine."[34]

Genetic structure

Main article: Vibrio cholerae

Amplified fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting of the pandemic isolates of V. cholerae has revealed variation in the genetic structure. Two clusters have been identified: Cluster I and Cluster II. For the most part, Cluster I consists of strains from the 1960s and 1970s, while Cluster II largely contains strains from the 1980s and 1990s, based on the change in the clone structure. This grouping of strains is best seen in the strains from the African continent.[37]

Antibiotic resistance

In many areas of the world, antibiotic resistance is increasing within cholera bacteria. In Bangladesh, for example, most cases are resistant to tetracycline, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and erythromycin.[38] Rapid diagnostic assay methods are available for the identification of multi-drug resistant cases.[39] New generation antimicrobials have been discovered which are effective against cholera bacteria in in vitro studies.[40]

Diagnosis

A rapid dipstick test is available to determine the presence of V. cholerae.[38] In those samples that test positive, further testing should be done to determine antibiotic resistance.[38] In epidemic situations, a clinical diagnosis may be made by taking a patient history and doing a brief examination. Treatment via hydration and over-the-counter hydration solutions can be started without or before confirmation by laboratory analysis, especially where cholera is a common problem.[41]

Stool and swab samples collected in the acute stage of the disease, before antibiotics have been administered, are the most useful specimens for laboratory diagnosis. If an epidemic of cholera is suspected, the most common causative agent is V. cholerae O1. If V. cholerae serogroup O1 is not isolated, the laboratory should test for V. cholerae O139. However, if neither of these organisms is isolated, it is necessary to send stool specimens to a reference laboratory.[citation needed]

Infection with V. cholerae O139 should be reported and handled in the same manner as that caused by V. cholerae O1. The associated diarrheal illness should be referred to as cholera and must be reported in the United States.[42]

Prevention

 
Preventive inoculation against cholera in 1966

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends focusing on prevention, preparedness, and response to combat the spread of cholera.[35] They also stress the importance of an effective surveillance system.[35] Governments can play a role in all of these areas.

Water, sanitation and hygiene

Further information: WASH § Health aspects

Although cholera may be life-threatening, prevention of the disease is normally straightforward if proper sanitation practices are followed. In developed countries, due to their nearly universal advanced water treatment and sanitation practices, cholera is rare. For example, the last major outbreak of cholera in the United States occurred in 1910–1911.[43][44] Cholera is mainly a risk in developing countries in those areas where access to WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) infrastructure is still inadequate.

Effective sanitation practices, if instituted and adhered to in time, are usually sufficient to stop an epidemic. There are several points along the cholera transmission path at which its spread may be halted:[45]

  • Sterilization: Proper disposal and treatment of all materials that may have come into contact with the feces of other people with cholera (e.g., clothing, bedding, etc.) are essential. These should be sanitized by washing in hot water, using chlorine bleach if possible. Hands that touch cholera patients or their clothing, bedding, etc., should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected with chlorinated water or other effective antimicrobial agents.
  • Sewage and fecal sludge management: In cholera-affected areas, sewage and fecal sludge need to be treated and managed carefully in order to stop the spread of this disease via human excreta. Provision of sanitation and hygiene is an important preventative measure.[35] Open defecation, release of untreated sewage, or dumping of fecal sludge from pit latrines or septic tanks into the environment need to be prevented.[46] In many cholera affected zones, there is a low degree of sewage treatment.[47][48] Therefore, the implementation of dry toilets that do not contribute to water pollution, as they do not flush with water, may be an interesting alternative to flush toilets.[49]
  • Sources: Warnings about possible cholera contamination should be posted around contaminated water sources with directions on how to decontaminate the water (boiling, chlorination etc.) for possible use.
  • Water purification: All water used for drinking, washing, or cooking should be sterilized by either boiling, chlorination, ozone water treatment, ultraviolet light sterilization (e.g., by solar water disinfection), or antimicrobial filtration in any area where cholera may be present. Chlorination and boiling are often the least expensive and most effective means of halting transmission. Cloth filters or sari filtration, though very basic, have significantly reduced the occurrence of cholera when used in poor villages in Bangladesh that rely on untreated surface water. Better antimicrobial filters, like those present in advanced individual water treatment hiking kits, are most effective. Public health education and adherence to appropriate sanitation practices are of primary importance to help prevent and control transmission of cholera and other diseases.

Handwashing with soap or ash after using a toilet and before handling food or eating is also recommended for cholera prevention by WHO Africa.[50]

Surveillance

A modelling approach using satellite data can enhance our ability to develop cholera risk maps in several regions of the globe.

Surveillance and prompt reporting allow for containing cholera epidemics rapidly. Cholera exists as a seasonal disease in many endemic countries, occurring annually mostly during rainy seasons. Surveillance systems can provide early alerts to outbreaks, therefore leading to coordinated response and assist in preparation of preparedness plans. Efficient surveillance systems can also improve the risk assessment for potential cholera outbreaks. Understanding the seasonality and location of outbreaks provides guidance for improving cholera control activities for the most vulnerable.[51] For prevention to be effective, it is important that cases be reported to national health authorities.[17]

Vaccination

Main article: Cholera vaccine
 
Euvichol-plus oral vaccine for cholera

Spanish physician Jaume Ferran i Clua developed a cholera inoculation in 1885, the first to immunize humans against a bacterial disease.[52] However, his vaccine and inoculation was rather controversial and was rejected by his peers and several investigation commissions.[53][54][55] Russian-Jewish bacteriologist Waldemar Haffkine successfully developed the first human cholera vaccine in July 1892.[53][54][55][56] He conducted a massive inoculation program in British India.[55][57]

Persons who survive an episode of cholera have long-lasting immunity for at least 3 years (the period tested.)[12] A number of safe and effective oral vaccines for cholera are available.[58] The World Health Organization (WHO) has three prequalified oral cholera vaccines (OCVs): Dukoral, Sanchol, and Euvichol. Dukoral, an orally administered, inactivated whole-cell vaccine, has an overall efficacy of about 52% during the first year after being given and 62% in the second year, with minimal side effects.[58] It is available in over 60 countries. However, it is not currently[when?] recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for most people traveling from the United States to endemic countries.[59] The vaccine that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends, Vaxchora, is an oral attenuated live vaccine, that is effective for adults aged 18–64 as a single dose.[60]

One injectable vaccine was found to be effective for two to three years. The protective efficacy was 28% lower in children less than five years old.[61] However, as of 2010, it has limited availability.[2] Work is under way to investigate the role of mass vaccination.[62] The WHO recommends immunization of high-risk groups, such as children and people with HIV, in countries where this disease is endemic.[2] If people are immunized broadly, herd immunity results, with a decrease in the amount of contamination in the environment.[38]

WHO recommends that oral cholera vaccination be considered in areas where the disease is endemic (with seasonal peaks), as part of the response to outbreaks, or in a humanitarian crisis during which the risk of cholera is high.[63] Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) has been recognized as an adjunct tool for prevention and control of cholera. The World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified three bivalent cholera vaccines—Dukoral (SBL Vaccines), containing a non-toxic B-subunit of cholera toxin and providing protection against V. cholerae O1; and two vaccines developed using the same transfer of technology—ShanChol (Shantha Biotec) and Euvichol (EuBiologics Co.), which have bivalent O1 and O139 oral killed cholera vaccines.[64] Oral cholera vaccination could be deployed in a diverse range of situations from cholera-endemic areas and locations of humanitarian crises, but no clear consensus exists.[65]

Sari filtration

Main article: Cloth filter
 
Women at a village pond in Matlab, Bangladesh washing utensils and vegetables. The woman on the right is putting a sari filter onto a water-collecting pot (or kalash) to filter water for drinking.

Developed for use in Bangladesh, the "sari filter" is a simple and cost-effective appropriate technology method for reducing the contamination of drinking water. Used sari cloth is preferable but other types of used cloth can be used with some effect, though the effectiveness will vary significantly. Used cloth is more effective than new cloth, as the repeated washing reduces the space between the fibers. Water collected in this way has a greatly reduced pathogen count—though it will not necessarily be perfectly safe, it is an improvement for poor people with limited options.[66] In Bangladesh this practice was found to decrease rates of cholera by nearly half.[67] It involves folding a sari four to eight times.[66] Between uses the cloth should be rinsed in clean water and dried in the sun to kill any bacteria on it.[68] A nylon cloth appears to work as well but is not as affordable.[67]

Treatment

 
Cholera patient being treated by oral rehydration therapy in 1992

Continued eating speeds the recovery of normal intestinal function. The WHO recommends this generally for cases of diarrhea no matter what the underlying cause.[69] A CDC training manual specifically for cholera states: "Continue to breastfeed your baby if the baby has watery diarrhea, even when traveling to get treatment. Adults and older children should continue to eat frequently."[70]

Fluids

The most common error in caring for patients with cholera is to underestimate the speed and volume of fluids required.[71] In most cases, cholera can be successfully treated with oral rehydration therapy (ORT), which is highly effective, safe, and simple to administer.[38] Rice-based solutions are preferred to glucose-based ones due to greater efficiency.[38] In severe cases with significant dehydration, intravenous rehydration may be necessary. Ringer's lactate is the preferred solution, often with added potassium.[17][69] Large volumes and continued replacement until diarrhea has subsided may be needed.[17] Ten percent of a person's body weight in fluid may need to be given in the first two to four hours.[17] This method was first tried on a mass scale during the Bangladesh Liberation War, and was found to have much success.[72] Despite widespread beliefs, fruit juices and commercial fizzy drinks like cola are not ideal for rehydration of people with serious infections of the intestines, and their excessive sugar content may even harm water uptake.[73]

If commercially produced oral rehydration solutions are too expensive or difficult to obtain, solutions can be made. One such recipe calls for 1 liter of boiled water, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 6 teaspoons of sugar, and added mashed banana for potassium and to improve taste.[74]

Electrolytes

As there frequently is initially acidosis, the potassium level may be normal, even though large losses have occurred.[17] As the dehydration is corrected, potassium levels may decrease rapidly, and thus need to be replaced.[17] This may be done by consuming foods high in potassium, like bananas or coconut water.[75]

Antibiotics

Antibiotic treatments for one to three days shorten the course of the disease and reduce the severity of the symptoms.[17] Use of antibiotics also reduces fluid requirements.[76] People will recover without them, however, if sufficient hydration is maintained.[38] The WHO only recommends antibiotics in those with severe dehydration.[75]

Doxycycline is typically used first line, although some strains of V. cholerae have shown resistance.[17] Testing for resistance during an outbreak can help determine appropriate future choices.[17] Other antibiotics proven to be effective include cotrimoxazole, erythromycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, and furazolidone.[77] Fluoroquinolones, such as ciprofloxacin, also may be used, but resistance has been reported.[78]

Antibiotics improve outcomes in those who are both severely and not severely dehydrated.[79] Azithromycin and tetracycline may work better than doxycycline or ciprofloxacin.[79]

Zinc supplementation

In Bangladesh zinc supplementation reduced the duration and severity of diarrhea in children with cholera when given with antibiotics and rehydration therapy as needed. It reduced the length of disease by eight hours and the amount of diarrhea stool by 10%.[80] Supplementation appears to be also effective in both treating and preventing infectious diarrhea due to other causes among children in the developing world.[80][81]

Prognosis

If people with cholera are treated quickly and properly, the mortality rate is less than 1%; however, with untreated cholera, the mortality rate rises to 50–60%.[17][1]

For certain genetic strains of cholera, such as the one present during the 2010 epidemic in Haiti and the 2004 outbreak in India, death can occur within two hours of becoming ill.[82]

Epidemiology

Cholera affects an estimated 2.8 million people worldwide, and causes approximately 95,000 deaths a year (uncertainty range: 21,000–143,000) as of 2015.[83][84] This occurs mainly in the developing world.[85]

In the early 1980s, death rates are believed to have still been higher than three million a year.[17] It is difficult to calculate exact numbers of cases, as many go unreported due to concerns that an outbreak may have a negative impact on the tourism of a country.[38] As of 2004, cholera remained both epidemic and endemic in many areas of the world.[17]

Recent major outbreaks are the 2010s Haiti cholera outbreak and the 2016–2022 Yemen cholera outbreak. In October 2016, an outbreak of cholera began in war-ravaged Yemen.[86] WHO called it "the worst cholera outbreak in the world".[87] In 2019, 93% of the reported 923,037 cholera cases were from Yemen (with 1911 deaths reported).[88] Between September 2019 and September 2020, a global total of over 450,000 cases and over 900 deaths was reported; however, the accuracy of these numbers suffer from over-reporting from countries that report suspected cases (and not laboratory confirmed cases), as well as under-reporting from countries that do not report official cases (such as Bangladesh, India and Philippines).[88]

Although much is known about the mechanisms behind the spread of cholera, researchers still do not have a full understanding of what makes cholera outbreaks happen in some places and not others. Lack of treatment of human feces and lack of treatment of drinking water greatly facilitate its spread. Bodies of water have been found to serve as a reservoir of infection, and seafood shipped long distances can spread the disease.

Cholera had disappeared from the Americas for most of the 20th century, but it reappeared toward the end of that century, beginning with a severe outbreak in Peru.[89] This was followed by the 2010s Haiti cholera outbreak[90] and another outbreak of cholera in Haiti amid the 2018–2023 Haitian crisis.[91] As of August 2021 the disease is endemic in Africa and some areas of eastern and western Asia (Bangladesh, India and Yemen).[90] Cholera is not endemic in Europe; all reported cases had a travel history to endemic areas.[90]

History of outbreaks

See also: Cholera outbreaks and pandemics
 
Disposal of dead bodies during the cholera epidemic in Palermo in 1835
 
Map of the 2008–2009 cholera outbreak in sub-Saharan Africa showing the statistics as of 12 February 2009

The word cholera is from Greek: χολέρα kholera from χολή kholē "bile". Cholera likely has its origins in the Indian subcontinent as evidenced by its prevalence in the region for centuries.[17]

References to cholera appear in the European literature as early as 1642, from the Dutch physician Jakob de Bondt's description in his De Medicina Indorum.[92] (The "Indorum" of the title refers to the East Indies. He also gave first European descriptions of other diseases.) But at the time, the word "cholera" was historically used by European physicians to refer to any gastrointestinal upset resulting in yellow diarrhea. De Bondt thus used a common word already in regular use to describe the new disease. This was a frequent practice of the time. It was not until the 1830s that the name for severe yellow diarrhea changed in English from "cholera" to "cholera morbus" to differentiate it from what was then known as "Asiatic cholera", or that associated with origins in India and the East.

Early outbreaks in the Indian subcontinent are believed to have been the result of crowded, poor living conditions, as well as the presence of pools of still water, both of which provide ideal conditions for cholera to thrive.[93] The disease first spread by travelers along trade routes (land and sea) to Russia in 1817, later to the rest of Europe, and from Europe to North America and the rest of the world,[17] (hence the name "Asiatic cholera"[1]). Seven cholera pandemics have occurred since the early 19th century; the first one did not reach the Americas. The seventh pandemic originated in Indonesia in 1961.[94]

The first cholera pandemic occurred in the Bengal region of India, near Calcutta starting in 1817 through 1824. The disease dispersed from India to Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Eastern Africa.[95] The movement of British Army and Navy ships and personnel is believed to have contributed to the range of the pandemic, since the ships carried people with the disease to the shores of the Indian Ocean, from Africa to Indonesia, and north to China and Japan.[96]

The second pandemic lasted from 1826 to 1837 and particularly affected North America and Europe. Advancements in transportation and global trade, and increased human migration, including soldiers, meant that more people were carrying the disease more widely.[97]

The third pandemic erupted in 1846, persisted until 1860, extended to North Africa, and reached North and South America. It was introduced to North America at Quebec, Canada, via Irish immigrants from the Great Famine. In this pandemic, Brazil was affected for the first time.

The fourth pandemic lasted from 1863 to 1875, spreading from India to Naples and Spain, and reaching the United States at New Orleans, Louisiana in 1873. It spread throughout the Mississippi River system on the continent.

The fifth pandemic was from 1881 to 1896. It started in India and spread to Europe, Asia, and South America. The sixth pandemic ran from 1899 to 1923. These epidemics had a lower number of fatalities because physicians and researchers had a greater understanding of the cholera bacteria. Egypt, the Arabian peninsula, Persia, India, and the Philippines were hit hardest during these epidemics. Other areas, such as Germany in 1892 (primarily the city of Hamburg, where more than 8.600 people died)[98] and Naples from 1910 to 1911, also had severe outbreaks.

The seventh pandemic originated in 1961 in Indonesia and is marked by the emergence of a new strain, nicknamed El Tor, which still persists (as of 2018[99]) in developing countries.[100] This pandemic had initially subsided about 1975 and was thought to have ended, but, as noted, it has persisted. There were a rise in cases in the 1990s and since.

Cholera became widespread in the 19th century.[101] Since then it has killed tens of millions of people.[102] In Russia alone, between 1847 and 1851, more than one million people died from the disease.[103] It killed 150,000 Americans during the second pandemic.[104] Between 1900 and 1920, perhaps eight million people died of cholera in India.[105] Cholera officially became the first reportable disease in the United States due to the significant effects it had on health.[17] John Snow, in England, in 1854 was the first to identify the importance of contaminated water as its source of transmission.[17] Cholera is now no longer considered a pressing health threat in Europe and North America due to filtering and chlorination of water supplies, but it still strongly affects populations in developing countries.

In the past, vessels flew a yellow quarantine flag if any crew members or passengers had cholera. No one aboard a vessel flying a yellow flag would be allowed ashore for an extended period, typically 30 to 40 days.[106]

Historically many different claimed remedies have existed in folklore. Many of the older remedies were based on the miasma theory, that the disease was transmitted by bad air. Some believed that abdominal chilling made one more susceptible, and flannel and cholera belts were included in army kits.[107] In the 1854–1855 outbreak in Naples, homeopathic camphor was used according to Hahnemann.[108] T. J. Ritter's Mother's Remedies book lists tomato syrup as a home remedy from northern America. Elecampane was recommended in the United Kingdom, according to William Thomas Fernie.[109] The first effective human vaccine was developed in 1885, and the first effective antibiotic was developed in 1948.

Cholera cases are much less frequent in developed countries where governments have helped to establish water sanitation practices and effective medical treatments.[110] In the 19th century the United States, for example, had a severe cholera problem similar to those in some developing countries. It had three large cholera outbreaks in the 1800s, which can be attributed to Vibrio cholerae's spread through interior waterways such as the Erie Canal and the extensive Mississippi River valley system, as well as the major ports along the Eastern Seaboard and their cities upriver.[111] The island of Manhattan in New York City touches the Atlantic Ocean, where cholera collected from river waters and ship discharges just off the coast. At this time, New York City did not have as effective a sanitation system as it developed in the later 20th century, so cholera spread through the city's water supply.[112]

Cholera morbus is a historical term that was used to refer to gastroenteritis rather than specifically to what is now defined as the disease of cholera.[15]

Research

See also: Cholera vaccine
 
Robert Koch (third from the right) on a cholera research expedition in Egypt in 1884, one year after he identified V. cholerae
 
How to avoid the cholera leaflet; Aberystwyth; August 1849

One of the major contributions to fighting cholera was made by the physician and pioneer medical scientist John Snow (1813–1858), who in 1854 found a link between cholera and contaminated drinking water.[93] Dr. Snow proposed a microbial origin for epidemic cholera in 1849. In his major "state of the art" review of 1855, he proposed a substantially complete and correct model for the cause of the disease. In two pioneering epidemiological field studies, he was able to demonstrate human sewage contamination was the most probable disease vector in two major epidemics in London in 1854.[113] His model was not immediately accepted, but it was increasingly seen as plausible as medical microbiology developed over the next 30 years or so. For his work on cholera, John Snow is often regarded as the "Father of Epidemiology".[114][115][116]

The bacterium was isolated in 1854 by Italian anatomist Filippo Pacini,[117] but its exact nature and his results were not widely known. In the same year, the Catalan Joaquim Balcells i Pascual discovered the bacterium.[118][119] In 1856 António Augusto da Costa Simões and José Ferreira de Macedo Pinto, two Portuguese researchers, are believed to have done the same.[118][120]

Between the mid-1850s and the 1900s, cities in developed nations made massive investment in clean water supply and well-separated sewage treatment infrastructures. This eliminated the threat of cholera epidemics from the major developed cities in the world. In 1883, Robert Koch identified V. cholerae with a microscope as the bacillus causing the disease.[121]

Hemendra Nath Chatterjee, a Bengali scientist, was the first to formulate and demonstrate the effectiveness of oral rehydration salt (ORS) to treat diarrhea. In his 1953 paper, published in The Lancet, he states that promethazine can stop vomiting during cholera and then oral rehydration is possible. The formulation of the fluid replacement solution was 4 g of sodium chloride, 25 g of glucose and 1000 ml of water.[122][123]

 
Prof. Sambhu Nath De, who discovered the cholera toxin and successfully demonstrated the transmission of cholera pathogen by bacterial enteric toxin

Indian medical scientist Sambhu Nath De discovered the cholera toxin, the animal model of cholera, and successfully demonstrated the method of transmission of cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae.[124]

Robert Allan Phillips, working at US Naval Medical Research Unit Two in Southeast Asia, evaluated the pathophysiology of the disease using modern laboratory chemistry techniques. He developed a protocol for rehydration. His research led the Lasker Foundation to award him its prize in 1967.[125]

More recently, in 2002, Alam, et al., studied stool samples from patients at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease in Dhaka, Bangladesh. From the various experiments they conducted, the researchers found a correlation between the passage of V. cholerae through the human digestive system and an increased infectivity state. Furthermore, the researchers found the bacterium creates a hyperinfected state where genes that control biosynthesis of amino acids, iron uptake systems, and formation of periplasmic nitrate reductase complexes were induced just before defecation. These induced characteristics allow the cholera vibrios to survive in the "rice water" stools, an environment of limited oxygen and iron, of patients with a cholera infection.[126]

Global Strategy

In 2017, the WHO launched the "Ending Cholera: a global roadmap to 2030" strategy which aims to reduce cholera deaths by 90% by 2030.[127] The strategy was developed by the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) which develops country-specific plans and monitors progress.[128] The approach to achieve this goal combines surveillance, water sanitation, rehydration treatment and oral vaccines.[127] Specifically, the control strategy focuses on three approaches: i) early detection and response to outbreaks to contain outbreaks, ii) stopping cholera transmission through improved sanitation and vaccines in hotspots, and iii) a global framework for cholera control through the GTFCC.[127]

The WHO and the GTFCC do not consider global cholera eradication a viable goal.[129] Even though humans are the only host of cholera, the bacterium can persist in the environment without a human host.[130] While global eradication is not possible, elimination of human to human transmission may be possible.[130] Local elimination is possible, which has been underway most recently during the 2010s Haiti cholera outbreak. Haiti aims to achieve certification of elimination by 2022.[131]

The GTFCC targets 47 countries, 13 of which have established vaccination campaigns.[88]

Society and culture

Health policy

In many developing countries, cholera still reaches its victims through contaminated water sources, and countries without proper sanitation techniques have greater incidence of the disease.[132] Governments can play a role in this. In 2008, for example, the Zimbabwean cholera outbreak was due partly to the government's role, according to a report from the James Baker Institute.[22] The Haitian government's inability to provide safe drinking water after the 2010 earthquake led to an increase in cholera cases as well.[133]

Similarly, South Africa's cholera outbreak was exacerbated by the government's policy of privatizing water programs. The wealthy elite of the country were able to afford safe water while others had to use water from cholera-infected rivers.[134]

According to Rita R. Colwell of the James Baker Institute, if cholera does begin to spread, government preparedness is crucial. A government's ability to contain the disease before it extends to other areas can prevent a high death toll and the development of an epidemic or even pandemic. Effective disease surveillance can ensure that cholera outbreaks are recognized as soon as possible and dealt with appropriately. Oftentimes, this will allow public health programs to determine and control the cause of the cases, whether it is unsanitary water or seafood that have accumulated a lot of Vibrio cholerae specimens.[22] Having an effective surveillance program contributes to a government's ability to prevent cholera from spreading. In the year 2000 in the state of Kerala in India, the Kottayam district was determined to be "Cholera-affected"; this pronouncement led to task forces that concentrated on educating citizens with 13,670 information sessions about human health.[135] These task forces promoted the boiling of water to obtain safe water, and provided chlorine and oral rehydration salts.[135] Ultimately, this helped to control the spread of the disease to other areas and minimize deaths. On the other hand, researchers have shown that most of the citizens infected during the 1991 cholera outbreak in Bangladesh lived in rural areas, and were not recognized by the government's surveillance program. This inhibited physicians' abilities to detect cholera cases early.[136]

According to Colwell, the quality and inclusiveness of a country's health care system affects the control of cholera, as it did in the Zimbabwean cholera outbreak.[22] While sanitation practices are important, when governments respond quickly and have readily available vaccines, the country will have a lower cholera death toll. Affordability of vaccines can be a problem; if the governments do not provide vaccinations, only the wealthy may be able to afford them and there will be a greater toll on the country's poor.[137][138] The speed with which government leaders respond to cholera outbreaks is important.[139]

Besides contributing to an effective or declining public health care system and water sanitation treatments, government can have indirect effects on cholera control and the effectiveness of a response to cholera.[140] A country's government can impact its ability to prevent disease and control its spread. A speedy government response backed by a fully functioning health care system and financial resources can prevent cholera's spread. This limits cholera's ability to cause death, or at the very least a decline in education, as children are kept out of school to minimize the risk of infection.[140] Inversely, poor government response can lead to civil unrest and cholera riots.[141]

Notable cases

In popular culture

Unlike tuberculosis ("consumption") which in literature and the arts was often romanticized as a disease of denizens of the demimonde or those with an artistic temperament,[152] cholera is a disease which almost entirely affects the poor living in unsanitary conditions. This, and the unpleasant course of the disease – which includes voluminous "rice-water" diarrhea, the hemorrhaging of liquids from the mouth, and violent muscle contractions which continue even after death – has discouraged the disease from being romanticized, or even being factually presented in popular culture.[153]

Country examples

Zambia

In Zambia, widespread cholera outbreaks have occurred since 1977, most commonly in the capital city of Lusaka.[155] In 2017, an outbreak of cholera was declared in Zambia after laboratory confirmation of Vibrio cholerae O1, biotype El Tor, serotype Ogawa, from stool samples from two patients with acute watery diarrhea. There was a rapid increase in the number of cases from several hundred cases in early December 2017 to approximately 2,000 by early January 2018.[156] With intensification of the rains, new cases increased on a daily basis reaching a peak on the first week of January 2018 with over 700 cases reported.[157]

In collaboration with partners, the Zambia Ministry of Health (MoH) launched a multifaceted public health response that included increased chlorination of the Lusaka municipal water supply, provision of emergency water supplies, water quality monitoring and testing, enhanced surveillance, epidemiologic investigations, a cholera vaccination campaign, aggressive case management and health care worker training, and laboratory testing of clinical samples.[156]

The Zambian Ministry of Health implemented a reactive one-dose Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) campaign in April 2016 in three Lusaka compounds, followed by a pre-emptive second-round in December.[158]

India

The city of Kolkata, India in the state of West Bengal in the Ganges delta has been described as the "homeland of cholera", with regular outbreaks and pronounced seasonality. In India, where the disease is endemic, cholera outbreaks occur every year between dry seasons and rainy seasons. India is also characterized by high population density, unsafe drinking water, open drains, and poor sanitation which provide an optimal niche for survival, sustenance and transmission of Vibrio cholerae.[159]

Democratic Republic of Congo

In Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, cholera has left an enduring mark on human and medical history. Cholera pandemics in the 19th and 20th centuries led to the growth of epidemiology as a science and in recent years it has continued to press advances in the concepts of disease ecology, basic membrane biology, and transmembrane signaling and in the use of scientific information and treatment design.[160]

Notes

  1. ^ According to CDC,"The infection [cholera] is not likely to spread directly from one person to another; therefore, casual contact with an infected person is not a risk factor for becoming ill."

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  • Evans, Richard J. (2005). Death in Hamburg: Society and Politics in the Cholera Years. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-303636-4.
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cholera, this, article, about, bacterial, disease, dish, food, infection, small, intestine, some, strains, bacterium, vibrio, cholerae, symptoms, range, from, none, mild, severe, classic, symptom, large, amounts, watery, diarrhea, lasting, days, vomiting, musc. This article is about the bacterial disease For the dish see Cholera food Cholera ˈ k ɒ l er e is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae 4 3 Symptoms may range from none to mild to severe 3 The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea lasting a few days 2 Vomiting and muscle cramps may also occur 3 Diarrhea can be so severe that it leads within hours to severe dehydration and electrolyte imbalance 2 This may result in sunken eyes cold skin decreased skin elasticity and wrinkling of the hands and feet 5 Dehydration can cause the skin to turn bluish 8 Symptoms start two hours to five days after exposure 3 CholeraOther namesAsiatic cholera epidemic cholera 1 A person with severe dehydration due to cholera causing sunken eyes and wrinkled hands and skin SpecialtyInfectious diseaseSymptomsLarge amounts of watery diarrhea vomiting muscle cramps 2 3 ComplicationsDehydration electrolyte imbalance 2 Usual onset2 hours to 5 days after exposure 3 DurationA few days 2 CausesVibrio cholerae spread by fecal oral route 2 4 Risk factorsPoor sanitation not enough clean drinking water poverty 2 Diagnostic methodStool test 2 PreventionImproved sanitation clean water hand washing cholera vaccines 2 5 TreatmentOral rehydration therapy zinc supplementation intravenous fluids antibiotics 2 6 PrognosisLess than 1 mortality rate with proper treatment untreated mortality rate 50 60 Frequency3 5 million people a year 2 Deaths28 800 2015 7 Cholera is caused by a number of types of Vibrio cholerae with some types producing more severe disease than others 2 It is spread mostly by unsafe water and unsafe food that has been contaminated with human feces containing the bacteria 2 Undercooked shellfish is a common source 9 Humans are the only known host for the bacteria 2 Risk factors for the disease include poor sanitation insufficient clean drinking water and poverty 2 Cholera can be diagnosed by a stool test 2 or a rapid dipstick test although the dipstick test is less accurate 10 Prevention methods against cholera include improved sanitation and access to clean water 5 Cholera vaccines that are given by mouth provide reasonable protection for about six months and confer the added benefit of protecting against another type of diarrhea caused by E coli 2 In 2017 the US Food and Drug Administration FDA approved a single dose live oral cholera vaccine called Vaxchora for adults aged 18 64 who are travelling to an area of active cholera transmission 11 It offers limited protection to young children People who survive an episode of cholera have long lasting immunity for at least 3 years the period tested 12 The primary treatment for affected individuals is oral rehydration salts ORS the replacement of fluids and electrolytes by using slightly sweet and salty solutions 2 Rice based solutions are preferred 2 In children Zinc supplementation has also been found to improve outcomes 6 In severe cases intravenous fluids such as Ringer s lactate may be required and antibiotics may be beneficial 2 The choice of antibiotic is aided by antibiotic sensitivity testing 3 Cholera continues to affect an estimated 3 5 million people worldwide and causes 28 800 130 000 deaths a year 2 7 To date seven cholera pandemics have occurred in the developing world with the most recent beginning in 1961 and continuing today 13 The illness is rare in high income countries and affects children most severely 2 14 Cholera occurs as both outbreaks and chronically in certain areas 2 Areas with an ongoing risk of disease include Africa and Southeast Asia 2 The risk of death among those affected is usually less than 5 given improved treatment but may be as high as 50 without such access to treatment 2 Descriptions of cholera are found as early as the 5th century BC in Sanskrit 5 In Europe cholera was a term initially used to describe any kind of gastroenteritis and was not used for this disease until the early 19th century 15 The study of cholera in England by John Snow between 1849 and 1854 led to significant advances in the field of epidemiology because of his insights about transmission via contaminated water and a map of the same was the first recorded incidence of epidemiological tracking 5 16 source source source source source source source track Video summary of this article with VideoWiki script Contents 1 Signs and symptoms 2 Cause 2 1 Transmission 2 2 Susceptibility 3 Mechanism 3 1 Genetic structure 3 2 Antibiotic resistance 4 Diagnosis 5 Prevention 5 1 Water sanitation and hygiene 5 2 Surveillance 5 3 Vaccination 5 4 Sari filtration 6 Treatment 6 1 Fluids 6 2 Electrolytes 6 3 Antibiotics 6 4 Zinc supplementation 7 Prognosis 8 Epidemiology 8 1 History of outbreaks 8 2 Research 8 3 Global Strategy 9 Society and culture 9 1 Health policy 9 2 Notable cases 9 3 In popular culture 10 Country examples 10 1 Zambia 10 2 India 10 3 Democratic Republic of Congo 11 Notes 12 References 13 Further reading 14 External linksSigns and symptoms nbsp Typical cholera diarrhea that looks like rice water The primary symptoms of cholera are profuse diarrhea and vomiting of clear fluid 17 These symptoms usually start suddenly half a day to five days after ingestion of the bacteria 18 The diarrhea is frequently described as rice water in nature and may have a fishy odor 17 An untreated person with cholera may produce 10 to 20 litres 3 to 5 US gal of diarrhea a day 17 Severe cholera without treatment kills about half of affected individuals 17 If the severe diarrhea is not treated it can result in life threatening dehydration and electrolyte imbalances 17 Estimates of the ratio of asymptomatic to symptomatic infections have ranged from 3 to 100 19 Cholera has been nicknamed the blue death 20 because a person s skin may turn bluish gray from extreme loss of fluids 21 Fever is rare and should raise suspicion for secondary infection Patients can be lethargic and might have sunken eyes dry mouth cold clammy skin or wrinkled hands and feet Kussmaul breathing a deep and labored breathing pattern can occur because of acidosis from stool bicarbonate losses and lactic acidosis associated with poor perfusion Blood pressure drops due to dehydration peripheral pulse is rapid and thready and urine output decreases with time Muscle cramping and weakness altered consciousness seizures or even coma due to electrolyte imbalances are common especially in children 17 CauseMain article Vibrio cholerae nbsp Scanning electron microscope image of Vibrio cholerae nbsp Vibrio cholerae the bacterium that causes choleraTransmission Cholera bacteria have been found in shellfish and plankton 17 Transmission is usually through the fecal oral route of contaminated food or water caused by poor sanitation 2 Most cholera cases in developed countries are a result of transmission by food while in developing countries it is more often water 17 Food transmission can occur when people harvest seafood such as oysters in waters infected with sewage as Vibrio cholerae accumulates in planktonic crustaceans and the oysters eat the zooplankton 22 People infected with cholera often have diarrhea and disease transmission may occur if this highly liquid stool colloquially referred to as rice water contaminates water used by others 23 A single diarrheal event can cause a one million fold increase in numbers of V cholerae in the environment 24 The source of the contamination is typically other people with cholera when their untreated diarrheal discharge is allowed to get into waterways groundwater or drinking water supplies Drinking any contaminated water and eating any foods washed in the water as well as shellfish living in the affected waterway can cause a person to contract an infection Cholera is rarely spread directly from person to person 25 note 1 V cholerae also exists outside the human body in natural water sources either by itself or through interacting with phytoplankton zooplankton or biotic and abiotic detritus 26 Drinking such water can also result in the disease even without prior contamination through fecal matter Selective pressures exist however in the aquatic environment that may reduce the virulence of V cholerae 26 Specifically animal models indicate that the transcriptional profile of the pathogen changes as it prepares to enter an aquatic environment 26 This transcriptional change results in a loss of ability of V cholerae to be cultured on standard media a phenotype referred to as viable but non culturable VBNC or more conservatively active but non culturable ABNC 26 One study indicates that the culturability of V cholerae drops 90 within 24 hours of entering the water and furthermore that this loss in culturability is associated with a loss in virulence 26 27 Both toxic and non toxic strains exist Non toxic strains can acquire toxicity through a temperate bacteriophage 28 Susceptibility About 100 million bacteria must typically be ingested to cause cholera in a normal healthy adult 17 This dose however is less in those with lowered gastric acidity for instance those using proton pump inhibitors 17 Children are also more susceptible with two to four year olds having the highest rates of infection 17 Individuals susceptibility to cholera is also affected by their blood type with those with type O blood being the most susceptible 17 Persons with lowered immunity such as persons with AIDS or malnourished children are more likely to develop a severe case if they become infected 29 Any individual even a healthy adult in middle age can undergo a severe case and each person s case should be measured by the loss of fluids preferably in consultation with a professional health care provider medical citation needed The cystic fibrosis genetic mutation known as delta F508 in humans has been said to maintain a selective heterozygous advantage heterozygous carriers of the mutation who are not affected by cystic fibrosis are more resistant to V cholerae infections 30 In this model the genetic deficiency in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator channel proteins interferes with bacteria binding to the intestinal epithelium thus reducing the effects of an infection Mechanism nbsp The role of biofilm in the intestinal colonization of Vibrio choleraeWhen consumed most bacteria do not survive the acidic conditions of the human stomach 31 The few surviving bacteria conserve their energy and stored nutrients during the passage through the stomach by shutting down protein production When the surviving bacteria exit the stomach and reach the small intestine they must propel themselves through the thick mucus that lines the small intestine to reach the intestinal walls where they can attach and thrive 31 Once the cholera bacteria reach the intestinal wall they no longer need the flagella to move The bacteria stop producing the protein flagellin to conserve energy and nutrients by changing the mix of proteins that they express in response to the changed chemical surroundings On reaching the intestinal wall V cholerae start producing the toxic proteins that give the infected person a watery diarrhea This carries the multiplying new generations of V cholerae bacteria out into the drinking water of the next host if proper sanitation measures are not in place 32 The cholera toxin CTX or CT is an oligomeric complex made up of six protein subunits a single copy of the A subunit part A and five copies of the B subunit part B connected by a disulfide bond The five B subunits form a five membered ring that binds to GM1 gangliosides on the surface of the intestinal epithelium cells The A1 portion of the A subunit is an enzyme that ADP ribosylates G proteins while the A2 chain fits into the central pore of the B subunit ring Upon binding the complex is taken into the cell via receptor mediated endocytosis Once inside the cell the disulfide bond is reduced and the A1 subunit is freed to bind with a human partner protein called ADP ribosylation factor 6 Arf6 33 Binding exposes its active site allowing it to permanently ribosylate the Gs alpha subunit of the heterotrimeric G protein This results in constitutive cAMP production which in turn leads to the secretion of water sodium potassium and bicarbonate into the lumen of the small intestine and rapid dehydration The gene encoding the cholera toxin was introduced into V cholerae by horizontal gene transfer Virulent strains of V cholerae carry a variant of a temperate bacteriophage called CTXf Microbiologists have studied the genetic mechanisms by which the V cholerae bacteria turn off the production of some proteins and turn on the production of other proteins as they respond to the series of chemical environments they encounter passing through the stomach through the mucous layer of the small intestine and on to the intestinal wall 34 Of particular interest have been the genetic mechanisms by which cholera bacteria turn on the protein production of the toxins that interact with host cell mechanisms to pump chloride ions into the small intestine creating an ionic pressure which prevents sodium ions from entering the cell The chloride and sodium ions create a salt water environment in the small intestines which through osmosis can pull up to six liters of water per day through the intestinal cells creating the massive amounts of diarrhea The host can become rapidly dehydrated unless treated properly 35 By inserting separate successive sections of V cholerae DNA into the DNA of other bacteria such as E coli that would not naturally produce the protein toxins researchers have investigated the mechanisms by which V cholerae responds to the changing chemical environments of the stomach mucous layers and intestinal wall Researchers have discovered a complex cascade of regulatory proteins controls expression of V cholerae virulence determinants 36 In responding to the chemical environment at the intestinal wall the V cholerae bacteria produce the TcpP TcpH proteins which together with the ToxR ToxS proteins activate the expression of the ToxT regulatory protein ToxT then directly activates expression of virulence genes that produce the toxins causing diarrhea in the infected person and allowing the bacteria to colonize the intestine 34 Current when research aims at discovering the signal that makes the cholera bacteria stop swimming and start to colonize that is adhere to the cells of the small intestine 34 Genetic structure Main article Vibrio cholerae Amplified fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting of the pandemic isolates of V cholerae has revealed variation in the genetic structure Two clusters have been identified Cluster I and Cluster II For the most part Cluster I consists of strains from the 1960s and 1970s while Cluster II largely contains strains from the 1980s and 1990s based on the change in the clone structure This grouping of strains is best seen in the strains from the African continent 37 Antibiotic resistance In many areas of the world antibiotic resistance is increasing within cholera bacteria In Bangladesh for example most cases are resistant to tetracycline trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole and erythromycin 38 Rapid diagnostic assay methods are available for the identification of multi drug resistant cases 39 New generation antimicrobials have been discovered which are effective against cholera bacteria in in vitro studies 40 DiagnosisA rapid dipstick test is available to determine the presence of V cholerae 38 In those samples that test positive further testing should be done to determine antibiotic resistance 38 In epidemic situations a clinical diagnosis may be made by taking a patient history and doing a brief examination Treatment via hydration and over the counter hydration solutions can be started without or before confirmation by laboratory analysis especially where cholera is a common problem 41 Stool and swab samples collected in the acute stage of the disease before antibiotics have been administered are the most useful specimens for laboratory diagnosis If an epidemic of cholera is suspected the most common causative agent is V cholerae O1 If V cholerae serogroup O1 is not isolated the laboratory should test for V cholerae O139 However if neither of these organisms is isolated it is necessary to send stool specimens to a reference laboratory citation needed Infection with V cholerae O139 should be reported and handled in the same manner as that caused by V cholerae O1 The associated diarrheal illness should be referred to as cholera and must be reported in the United States 42 Prevention nbsp Preventive inoculation against cholera in 1966The World Health Organization WHO recommends focusing on prevention preparedness and response to combat the spread of cholera 35 They also stress the importance of an effective surveillance system 35 Governments can play a role in all of these areas Water sanitation and hygiene Further information WASH Health aspects Although cholera may be life threatening prevention of the disease is normally straightforward if proper sanitation practices are followed In developed countries due to their nearly universal advanced water treatment and sanitation practices cholera is rare For example the last major outbreak of cholera in the United States occurred in 1910 1911 43 44 Cholera is mainly a risk in developing countries in those areas where access to WASH water sanitation and hygiene infrastructure is still inadequate Effective sanitation practices if instituted and adhered to in time are usually sufficient to stop an epidemic There are several points along the cholera transmission path at which its spread may be halted 45 Sterilization Proper disposal and treatment of all materials that may have come into contact with the feces of other people with cholera e g clothing bedding etc are essential These should be sanitized by washing in hot water using chlorine bleach if possible Hands that touch cholera patients or their clothing bedding etc should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected with chlorinated water or other effective antimicrobial agents Sewage and fecal sludge management In cholera affected areas sewage and fecal sludge need to be treated and managed carefully in order to stop the spread of this disease via human excreta Provision of sanitation and hygiene is an important preventative measure 35 Open defecation release of untreated sewage or dumping of fecal sludge from pit latrines or septic tanks into the environment need to be prevented 46 In many cholera affected zones there is a low degree of sewage treatment 47 48 Therefore the implementation of dry toilets that do not contribute to water pollution as they do not flush with water may be an interesting alternative to flush toilets 49 Sources Warnings about possible cholera contamination should be posted around contaminated water sources with directions on how to decontaminate the water boiling chlorination etc for possible use Water purification All water used for drinking washing or cooking should be sterilized by either boiling chlorination ozone water treatment ultraviolet light sterilization e g by solar water disinfection or antimicrobial filtration in any area where cholera may be present Chlorination and boiling are often the least expensive and most effective means of halting transmission Cloth filters or sari filtration though very basic have significantly reduced the occurrence of cholera when used in poor villages in Bangladesh that rely on untreated surface water Better antimicrobial filters like those present in advanced individual water treatment hiking kits are most effective Public health education and adherence to appropriate sanitation practices are of primary importance to help prevent and control transmission of cholera and other diseases Handwashing with soap or ash after using a toilet and before handling food or eating is also recommended for cholera prevention by WHO Africa 50 nbsp Dumping of sewage or fecal sludge from a UN camp into a lake in the surroundings of Port au Prince is thought to have contributed to the spread of cholera after the Haiti earthquake in 2010 killing thousands nbsp Example of a urine diverting dry toilet in a cholera affected area in Haiti This type of toilet stops transmission of disease via the fecal oral route due to water pollution nbsp Cholera hospital in Dhaka showing typical cholera beds Surveillance source source source source source source source source A modelling approach using satellite data can enhance our ability to develop cholera risk maps in several regions of the globe Surveillance and prompt reporting allow for containing cholera epidemics rapidly Cholera exists as a seasonal disease in many endemic countries occurring annually mostly during rainy seasons Surveillance systems can provide early alerts to outbreaks therefore leading to coordinated response and assist in preparation of preparedness plans Efficient surveillance systems can also improve the risk assessment for potential cholera outbreaks Understanding the seasonality and location of outbreaks provides guidance for improving cholera control activities for the most vulnerable 51 For prevention to be effective it is important that cases be reported to national health authorities 17 Vaccination Main article Cholera vaccine nbsp Euvichol plus oral vaccine for choleraSpanish physician Jaume Ferran i Clua developed a cholera inoculation in 1885 the first to immunize humans against a bacterial disease 52 However his vaccine and inoculation was rather controversial and was rejected by his peers and several investigation commissions 53 54 55 Russian Jewish bacteriologist Waldemar Haffkine successfully developed the first human cholera vaccine in July 1892 53 54 55 56 He conducted a massive inoculation program in British India 55 57 Persons who survive an episode of cholera have long lasting immunity for at least 3 years the period tested 12 A number of safe and effective oral vaccines for cholera are available 58 The World Health Organization WHO has three prequalified oral cholera vaccines OCVs Dukoral Sanchol and Euvichol Dukoral an orally administered inactivated whole cell vaccine has an overall efficacy of about 52 during the first year after being given and 62 in the second year with minimal side effects 58 It is available in over 60 countries However it is not currently when recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC for most people traveling from the United States to endemic countries 59 The vaccine that the US Food and Drug Administration FDA recommends Vaxchora is an oral attenuated live vaccine that is effective for adults aged 18 64 as a single dose 60 One injectable vaccine was found to be effective for two to three years The protective efficacy was 28 lower in children less than five years old 61 However as of 2010 update it has limited availability 2 Work is under way to investigate the role of mass vaccination 62 The WHO recommends immunization of high risk groups such as children and people with HIV in countries where this disease is endemic 2 If people are immunized broadly herd immunity results with a decrease in the amount of contamination in the environment 38 WHO recommends that oral cholera vaccination be considered in areas where the disease is endemic with seasonal peaks as part of the response to outbreaks or in a humanitarian crisis during which the risk of cholera is high 63 Oral Cholera Vaccine OCV has been recognized as an adjunct tool for prevention and control of cholera The World Health Organization WHO has prequalified three bivalent cholera vaccines Dukoral SBL Vaccines containing a non toxic B subunit of cholera toxin and providing protection against V cholerae O1 and two vaccines developed using the same transfer of technology ShanChol Shantha Biotec and Euvichol EuBiologics Co which have bivalent O1 and O139 oral killed cholera vaccines 64 Oral cholera vaccination could be deployed in a diverse range of situations from cholera endemic areas and locations of humanitarian crises but no clear consensus exists 65 Sari filtration Main article Cloth filter nbsp Women at a village pond in Matlab Bangladesh washing utensils and vegetables The woman on the right is putting a sari filter onto a water collecting pot or kalash to filter water for drinking Developed for use in Bangladesh the sari filter is a simple and cost effective appropriate technology method for reducing the contamination of drinking water Used sari cloth is preferable but other types of used cloth can be used with some effect though the effectiveness will vary significantly Used cloth is more effective than new cloth as the repeated washing reduces the space between the fibers Water collected in this way has a greatly reduced pathogen count though it will not necessarily be perfectly safe it is an improvement for poor people with limited options 66 In Bangladesh this practice was found to decrease rates of cholera by nearly half 67 It involves folding a sari four to eight times 66 Between uses the cloth should be rinsed in clean water and dried in the sun to kill any bacteria on it 68 A nylon cloth appears to work as well but is not as affordable 67 Treatment nbsp Cholera patient being treated by oral rehydration therapy in 1992Continued eating speeds the recovery of normal intestinal function The WHO recommends this generally for cases of diarrhea no matter what the underlying cause 69 A CDC training manual specifically for cholera states Continue to breastfeed your baby if the baby has watery diarrhea even when traveling to get treatment Adults and older children should continue to eat frequently 70 Fluids The most common error in caring for patients with cholera is to underestimate the speed and volume of fluids required 71 In most cases cholera can be successfully treated with oral rehydration therapy ORT which is highly effective safe and simple to administer 38 Rice based solutions are preferred to glucose based ones due to greater efficiency 38 In severe cases with significant dehydration intravenous rehydration may be necessary Ringer s lactate is the preferred solution often with added potassium 17 69 Large volumes and continued replacement until diarrhea has subsided may be needed 17 Ten percent of a person s body weight in fluid may need to be given in the first two to four hours 17 This method was first tried on a mass scale during the Bangladesh Liberation War and was found to have much success 72 Despite widespread beliefs fruit juices and commercial fizzy drinks like cola are not ideal for rehydration of people with serious infections of the intestines and their excessive sugar content may even harm water uptake 73 If commercially produced oral rehydration solutions are too expensive or difficult to obtain solutions can be made One such recipe calls for 1 liter of boiled water 1 2 teaspoon of salt 6 teaspoons of sugar and added mashed banana for potassium and to improve taste 74 Electrolytes As there frequently is initially acidosis the potassium level may be normal even though large losses have occurred 17 As the dehydration is corrected potassium levels may decrease rapidly and thus need to be replaced 17 This may be done by consuming foods high in potassium like bananas or coconut water 75 Antibiotics Antibiotic treatments for one to three days shorten the course of the disease and reduce the severity of the symptoms 17 Use of antibiotics also reduces fluid requirements 76 People will recover without them however if sufficient hydration is maintained 38 The WHO only recommends antibiotics in those with severe dehydration 75 Doxycycline is typically used first line although some strains of V cholerae have shown resistance 17 Testing for resistance during an outbreak can help determine appropriate future choices 17 Other antibiotics proven to be effective include cotrimoxazole erythromycin tetracycline chloramphenicol and furazolidone 77 Fluoroquinolones such as ciprofloxacin also may be used but resistance has been reported 78 Antibiotics improve outcomes in those who are both severely and not severely dehydrated 79 Azithromycin and tetracycline may work better than doxycycline or ciprofloxacin 79 Zinc supplementation In Bangladesh zinc supplementation reduced the duration and severity of diarrhea in children with cholera when given with antibiotics and rehydration therapy as needed It reduced the length of disease by eight hours and the amount of diarrhea stool by 10 80 Supplementation appears to be also effective in both treating and preventing infectious diarrhea due to other causes among children in the developing world 80 81 PrognosisIf people with cholera are treated quickly and properly the mortality rate is less than 1 however with untreated cholera the mortality rate rises to 50 60 17 1 For certain genetic strains of cholera such as the one present during the 2010 epidemic in Haiti and the 2004 outbreak in India death can occur within two hours of becoming ill 82 EpidemiologyCholera affects an estimated 2 8 million people worldwide and causes approximately 95 000 deaths a year uncertainty range 21 000 143 000 as of 2015 update 83 84 This occurs mainly in the developing world 85 In the early 1980s death rates are believed to have still been higher than three million a year 17 It is difficult to calculate exact numbers of cases as many go unreported due to concerns that an outbreak may have a negative impact on the tourism of a country 38 As of 2004 cholera remained both epidemic and endemic in many areas of the world 17 Recent major outbreaks are the 2010s Haiti cholera outbreak and the 2016 2022 Yemen cholera outbreak In October 2016 an outbreak of cholera began in war ravaged Yemen 86 WHO called it the worst cholera outbreak in the world 87 In 2019 93 of the reported 923 037 cholera cases were from Yemen with 1911 deaths reported 88 Between September 2019 and September 2020 a global total of over 450 000 cases and over 900 deaths was reported however the accuracy of these numbers suffer from over reporting from countries that report suspected cases and not laboratory confirmed cases as well as under reporting from countries that do not report official cases such as Bangladesh India and Philippines 88 Although much is known about the mechanisms behind the spread of cholera researchers still do not have a full understanding of what makes cholera outbreaks happen in some places and not others Lack of treatment of human feces and lack of treatment of drinking water greatly facilitate its spread Bodies of water have been found to serve as a reservoir of infection and seafood shipped long distances can spread the disease Cholera had disappeared from the Americas for most of the 20th century but it reappeared toward the end of that century beginning with a severe outbreak in Peru 89 This was followed by the 2010s Haiti cholera outbreak 90 and another outbreak of cholera in Haiti amid the 2018 2023 Haitian crisis 91 As of August 2021 update the disease is endemic in Africa and some areas of eastern and western Asia Bangladesh India and Yemen 90 Cholera is not endemic in Europe all reported cases had a travel history to endemic areas 90 History of outbreaks See also Cholera outbreaks and pandemics nbsp Disposal of dead bodies during the cholera epidemic in Palermo in 1835 nbsp Map of the 2008 2009 cholera outbreak in sub Saharan Africa showing the statistics as of 12 February 2009The word cholera is from Greek xolera kholera from xolh khole bile Cholera likely has its origins in the Indian subcontinent as evidenced by its prevalence in the region for centuries 17 References to cholera appear in the European literature as early as 1642 from the Dutch physician Jakob de Bondt s description in his De Medicina Indorum 92 The Indorum of the title refers to the East Indies He also gave first European descriptions of other diseases But at the time the word cholera was historically used by European physicians to refer to any gastrointestinal upset resulting in yellow diarrhea De Bondt thus used a common word already in regular use to describe the new disease This was a frequent practice of the time It was not until the 1830s that the name for severe yellow diarrhea changed in English from cholera to cholera morbus to differentiate it from what was then known as Asiatic cholera or that associated with origins in India and the East Early outbreaks in the Indian subcontinent are believed to have been the result of crowded poor living conditions as well as the presence of pools of still water both of which provide ideal conditions for cholera to thrive 93 The disease first spread by travelers along trade routes land and sea to Russia in 1817 later to the rest of Europe and from Europe to North America and the rest of the world 17 hence the name Asiatic cholera 1 Seven cholera pandemics have occurred since the early 19th century the first one did not reach the Americas The seventh pandemic originated in Indonesia in 1961 94 The first cholera pandemic occurred in the Bengal region of India near Calcutta starting in 1817 through 1824 The disease dispersed from India to Southeast Asia the Middle East Europe and Eastern Africa 95 The movement of British Army and Navy ships and personnel is believed to have contributed to the range of the pandemic since the ships carried people with the disease to the shores of the Indian Ocean from Africa to Indonesia and north to China and Japan 96 The second pandemic lasted from 1826 to 1837 and particularly affected North America and Europe Advancements in transportation and global trade and increased human migration including soldiers meant that more people were carrying the disease more widely 97 The third pandemic erupted in 1846 persisted until 1860 extended to North Africa and reached North and South America It was introduced to North America at Quebec Canada via Irish immigrants from the Great Famine In this pandemic Brazil was affected for the first time The fourth pandemic lasted from 1863 to 1875 spreading from India to Naples and Spain and reaching the United States at New Orleans Louisiana in 1873 It spread throughout the Mississippi River system on the continent The fifth pandemic was from 1881 to 1896 It started in India and spread to Europe Asia and South America The sixth pandemic ran from 1899 to 1923 These epidemics had a lower number of fatalities because physicians and researchers had a greater understanding of the cholera bacteria Egypt the Arabian peninsula Persia India and the Philippines were hit hardest during these epidemics Other areas such as Germany in 1892 primarily the city of Hamburg where more than 8 600 people died 98 and Naples from 1910 to 1911 also had severe outbreaks The seventh pandemic originated in 1961 in Indonesia and is marked by the emergence of a new strain nicknamed El Tor which still persists as of 2018 update 99 in developing countries 100 This pandemic had initially subsided about 1975 and was thought to have ended but as noted it has persisted There were a rise in cases in the 1990s and since Cholera became widespread in the 19th century 101 Since then it has killed tens of millions of people 102 In Russia alone between 1847 and 1851 more than one million people died from the disease 103 It killed 150 000 Americans during the second pandemic 104 Between 1900 and 1920 perhaps eight million people died of cholera in India 105 Cholera officially became the first reportable disease in the United States due to the significant effects it had on health 17 John Snow in England in 1854 was the first to identify the importance of contaminated water as its source of transmission 17 Cholera is now no longer considered a pressing health threat in Europe and North America due to filtering and chlorination of water supplies but it still strongly affects populations in developing countries In the past vessels flew a yellow quarantine flag if any crew members or passengers had cholera No one aboard a vessel flying a yellow flag would be allowed ashore for an extended period typically 30 to 40 days 106 Historically many different claimed remedies have existed in folklore Many of the older remedies were based on the miasma theory that the disease was transmitted by bad air Some believed that abdominal chilling made one more susceptible and flannel and cholera belts were included in army kits 107 In the 1854 1855 outbreak in Naples homeopathic camphor was used according to Hahnemann 108 T J Ritter s Mother s Remedies book lists tomato syrup as a home remedy from northern America Elecampane was recommended in the United Kingdom according to William Thomas Fernie 109 The first effective human vaccine was developed in 1885 and the first effective antibiotic was developed in 1948 Cholera cases are much less frequent in developed countries where governments have helped to establish water sanitation practices and effective medical treatments 110 In the 19th century the United States for example had a severe cholera problem similar to those in some developing countries It had three large cholera outbreaks in the 1800s which can be attributed to Vibrio cholerae s spread through interior waterways such as the Erie Canal and the extensive Mississippi River valley system as well as the major ports along the Eastern Seaboard and their cities upriver 111 The island of Manhattan in New York City touches the Atlantic Ocean where cholera collected from river waters and ship discharges just off the coast At this time New York City did not have as effective a sanitation system as it developed in the later 20th century so cholera spread through the city s water supply 112 Cholera morbus is a historical term that was used to refer to gastroenteritis rather than specifically to what is now defined as the disease of cholera 15 nbsp Drawing of Death bringing cholera in Le Petit Journal 1912 nbsp Emperor Pedro II of Brazil visiting people with cholera in 1855 nbsp Hand bill from the New York City Board of Health 1832 the outdated public health advice demonstrates the lack of understanding of the disease and its causative factors Research See also Cholera vaccine nbsp Robert Koch third from the right on a cholera research expedition in Egypt in 1884 one year after he identified V cholerae nbsp How to avoid the cholera leaflet Aberystwyth August 1849One of the major contributions to fighting cholera was made by the physician and pioneer medical scientist John Snow 1813 1858 who in 1854 found a link between cholera and contaminated drinking water 93 Dr Snow proposed a microbial origin for epidemic cholera in 1849 In his major state of the art review of 1855 he proposed a substantially complete and correct model for the cause of the disease In two pioneering epidemiological field studies he was able to demonstrate human sewage contamination was the most probable disease vector in two major epidemics in London in 1854 113 His model was not immediately accepted but it was increasingly seen as plausible as medical microbiology developed over the next 30 years or so For his work on cholera John Snow is often regarded as the Father of Epidemiology 114 115 116 The bacterium was isolated in 1854 by Italian anatomist Filippo Pacini 117 but its exact nature and his results were not widely known In the same year the Catalan Joaquim Balcells i Pascual discovered the bacterium 118 119 In 1856 Antonio Augusto da Costa Simoes and Jose Ferreira de Macedo Pinto two Portuguese researchers are believed to have done the same 118 120 Between the mid 1850s and the 1900s cities in developed nations made massive investment in clean water supply and well separated sewage treatment infrastructures This eliminated the threat of cholera epidemics from the major developed cities in the world In 1883 Robert Koch identified V cholerae with a microscope as the bacillus causing the disease 121 Hemendra Nath Chatterjee a Bengali scientist was the first to formulate and demonstrate the effectiveness of oral rehydration salt ORS to treat diarrhea In his 1953 paper published in The Lancet he states that promethazine can stop vomiting during cholera and then oral rehydration is possible The formulation of the fluid replacement solution was 4 g of sodium chloride 25 g of glucose and 1000 ml of water 122 123 nbsp Prof Sambhu Nath De who discovered the cholera toxin and successfully demonstrated the transmission of cholera pathogen by bacterial enteric toxinIndian medical scientist Sambhu Nath De discovered the cholera toxin the animal model of cholera and successfully demonstrated the method of transmission of cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae 124 Robert Allan Phillips working at US Naval Medical Research Unit Two in Southeast Asia evaluated the pathophysiology of the disease using modern laboratory chemistry techniques He developed a protocol for rehydration His research led the Lasker Foundation to award him its prize in 1967 125 More recently in 2002 Alam et al studied stool samples from patients at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease in Dhaka Bangladesh From the various experiments they conducted the researchers found a correlation between the passage of V cholerae through the human digestive system and an increased infectivity state Furthermore the researchers found the bacterium creates a hyperinfected state where genes that control biosynthesis of amino acids iron uptake systems and formation of periplasmic nitrate reductase complexes were induced just before defecation These induced characteristics allow the cholera vibrios to survive in the rice water stools an environment of limited oxygen and iron of patients with a cholera infection 126 Global Strategy In 2017 the WHO launched the Ending Cholera a global roadmap to 2030 strategy which aims to reduce cholera deaths by 90 by 2030 127 The strategy was developed by the Global Task Force on Cholera Control GTFCC which develops country specific plans and monitors progress 128 The approach to achieve this goal combines surveillance water sanitation rehydration treatment and oral vaccines 127 Specifically the control strategy focuses on three approaches i early detection and response to outbreaks to contain outbreaks ii stopping cholera transmission through improved sanitation and vaccines in hotspots and iii a global framework for cholera control through the GTFCC 127 The WHO and the GTFCC do not consider global cholera eradication a viable goal 129 Even though humans are the only host of cholera the bacterium can persist in the environment without a human host 130 While global eradication is not possible elimination of human to human transmission may be possible 130 Local elimination is possible which has been underway most recently during the 2010s Haiti cholera outbreak Haiti aims to achieve certification of elimination by 2022 131 The GTFCC targets 47 countries 13 of which have established vaccination campaigns 88 Society and cultureHealth policy In many developing countries cholera still reaches its victims through contaminated water sources and countries without proper sanitation techniques have greater incidence of the disease 132 Governments can play a role in this In 2008 for example the Zimbabwean cholera outbreak was due partly to the government s role according to a report from the James Baker Institute 22 The Haitian government s inability to provide safe drinking water after the 2010 earthquake led to an increase in cholera cases as well 133 Similarly South Africa s cholera outbreak was exacerbated by the government s policy of privatizing water programs The wealthy elite of the country were able to afford safe water while others had to use water from cholera infected rivers 134 According to Rita R Colwell of the James Baker Institute if cholera does begin to spread government preparedness is crucial A government s ability to contain the disease before it extends to other areas can prevent a high death toll and the development of an epidemic or even pandemic Effective disease surveillance can ensure that cholera outbreaks are recognized as soon as possible and dealt with appropriately Oftentimes this will allow public health programs to determine and control the cause of the cases whether it is unsanitary water or seafood that have accumulated a lot of Vibrio cholerae specimens 22 Having an effective surveillance program contributes to a government s ability to prevent cholera from spreading In the year 2000 in the state of Kerala in India the Kottayam district was determined to be Cholera affected this pronouncement led to task forces that concentrated on educating citizens with 13 670 information sessions about human health 135 These task forces promoted the boiling of water to obtain safe water and provided chlorine and oral rehydration salts 135 Ultimately this helped to control the spread of the disease to other areas and minimize deaths On the other hand researchers have shown that most of the citizens infected during the 1991 cholera outbreak in Bangladesh lived in rural areas and were not recognized by the government s surveillance program This inhibited physicians abilities to detect cholera cases early 136 According to Colwell the quality and inclusiveness of a country s health care system affects the control of cholera as it did in the Zimbabwean cholera outbreak 22 While sanitation practices are important when governments respond quickly and have readily available vaccines the country will have a lower cholera death toll Affordability of vaccines can be a problem if the governments do not provide vaccinations only the wealthy may be able to afford them and there will be a greater toll on the country s poor 137 138 The speed with which government leaders respond to cholera outbreaks is important 139 Besides contributing to an effective or declining public health care system and water sanitation treatments government can have indirect effects on cholera control and the effectiveness of a response to cholera 140 A country s government can impact its ability to prevent disease and control its spread A speedy government response backed by a fully functioning health care system and financial resources can prevent cholera s spread This limits cholera s ability to cause death or at the very least a decline in education as children are kept out of school to minimize the risk of infection 140 Inversely poor government response can lead to civil unrest and cholera riots 141 Notable cases Tchaikovsky s death has traditionally been attributed to cholera most probably contracted through drinking contaminated water several days earlier 142 Tchaikovsky s mother died of cholera 143 and his father became sick with cholera at this time but made a full recovery 144 Some scholars however including English musicologist and Tchaikovsky authority David Brown and biographer Anthony Holden have theorized that his death was a suicide 145 2010s Haiti cholera outbreak Ten months after the 2010 earthquake an outbreak swept over Haiti traced to a United Nations base of peacekeepers from Nepal 146 This marks the worst cholera outbreak in recent history as well as the best documented cholera outbreak in modern public health Adam Mickiewicz Polish poet and novelist is thought to have died of cholera in Istanbul in 1855 Sadi Carnot physicist a pioneer of thermodynamics d 1832 147 Charles X King of France d 1836 148 James K Polk eleventh president of the United States d 1849 149 Carl von Clausewitz Prussian soldier and German military theorist d 1831 150 Elliot Bovill Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements 1893 151 Nikola Tesla Serbian American inventor engineer and futurist known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current AC electricity supply system contracted cholera in 1873 at the age of 17 He was bedridden for nine months and near death multiple times but survived and fully recovered In popular culture Unlike tuberculosis consumption which in literature and the arts was often romanticized as a disease of denizens of the demimonde or those with an artistic temperament 152 cholera is a disease which almost entirely affects the poor living in unsanitary conditions This and the unpleasant course of the disease which includes voluminous rice water diarrhea the hemorrhaging of liquids from the mouth and violent muscle contractions which continue even after death has discouraged the disease from being romanticized or even being factually presented in popular culture 153 The 1889 novel Mastro don Gesualdo by Giovanni Verga presents the course of a cholera epidemic across the island of Sicily but does not show the suffering of those affected 153 In Thomas Mann s novella Death in Venice first published in 1912 as Der Tod in Venedig Mann presented the disease as emblematic of the final bestial degradation of the sexually transgressive author Gustav von Aschenbach Contrary to the actual facts of how violently cholera kills Mann has his protagonist die peacefully on a beach in a deck chair Luchino Visconti s 1971 film version also hid from the audience the actual course of the disease 153 Mann s novella was also made into an opera by Benjamin Britten in 1973 his last one and into a ballet by John Neumeier for his Hamburg Ballet company in December 2003 The Horseman on the Roof orig French Le Hussard sur le toit is a 1951 adventure novel written by Jean Giono It tells the story of Angelo Pardi a young Italian carbonaro colonel of hussars caught up in the 1832 cholera epidemic in Provence In 1995 it was made into a film of the same name directed by Jean Paul Rappeneau 154 In Gabriel Garcia Marquez s 1985 novel Love in the Time of Cholera cholera is a looming background presence rather than a central figure requiring vile description 153 The novel was adapted in 2007 for the film of the same name directed by Mike Newell Country examplesZambia In Zambia widespread cholera outbreaks have occurred since 1977 most commonly in the capital city of Lusaka 155 In 2017 an outbreak of cholera was declared in Zambia after laboratory confirmation of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor serotype Ogawa from stool samples from two patients with acute watery diarrhea There was a rapid increase in the number of cases from several hundred cases in early December 2017 to approximately 2 000 by early January 2018 156 With intensification of the rains new cases increased on a daily basis reaching a peak on the first week of January 2018 with over 700 cases reported 157 In collaboration with partners the Zambia Ministry of Health MoH launched a multifaceted public health response that included increased chlorination of the Lusaka municipal water supply provision of emergency water supplies water quality monitoring and testing enhanced surveillance epidemiologic investigations a cholera vaccination campaign aggressive case management and health care worker training and laboratory testing of clinical samples 156 The Zambian Ministry of Health implemented a reactive one dose Oral Cholera Vaccine OCV campaign in April 2016 in three Lusaka compounds followed by a pre emptive second round in December 158 India The city of Kolkata India in the state of West Bengal in the Ganges delta has been described as the homeland of cholera with regular outbreaks and pronounced seasonality In India where the disease is endemic cholera outbreaks occur every year between dry seasons and rainy seasons India is also characterized by high population density unsafe drinking water open drains and poor sanitation which provide an optimal niche for survival sustenance and transmission of Vibrio cholerae 159 Democratic Republic of Congo In Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo cholera has left an enduring mark 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