Cholera Disease
By Tajah and Emily
Causes
- eating contaminated food and drinking contaminated water
- the food is contaminated by a bacterium called Vibro Cholera
Prevention
- Drink and use safe water
- Washing you hands with soap and safe water
- Discard poop well
- Cook food well
- Clean up in the kitchen and bathrooms thoroughly
- SBL & WHO vaccines
Ways of trasmittion
- bacteria gets transmitted
- takes the fecal-oral route
- even a sip can contaminate you
Symptoms
- only 5% of people get sypmtoms
- leg cramps
- watery diarrhea
- vomiting
- shock and dehydration
INTERESTING FACTS
- 80% of the cases are treated
- 100,000-120,000 are caused every year
- Able to kill within hours if not treated
- No country requires proof of vaccinations for entry
"This is an industry that doesn't have the common cold... it has cholera."
-Emanuel Azenberg