Terengganu cholera outbreak due to tainted fish crackers Nov 21, 2009
He said that fish samples taken from two cracker factories tested positive for the vibrio cholerae bacteria. The fish could have been brought in from a neighbouring country through the Chendering fisheries complex which supplied fish to Kuala Terengganu and Marang, he said. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
New Insight Into Predicting Cholera Epidemics in the Bengal Delta Nov 16, 2009
16, 2009) Cholera, an acute diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, has reemerged as a global killer ... Vibrio cholerae lives and thrives among phytoplankton and zooplankton in brackish estuaries where rivers come into contact with the sea. (Science Daily)
Tanzania: Death Toll Rises As Cholera Spreads Oct 24, 2009
The disease is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae and is spread by eating food or drinking water contaminated with the bacteria. Health officials fear that the long rains due now could lead to more cases of cholera if correct hygiene is not observed. (allAfrica.com)
Cholera breaks out in Tanzania schools Oct 9, 2009
Cholera is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae and is spread by eating food or drinking water contaminated with the bacteria. The disease has dogged Tanzania on and off, often reported in the Indian Ocean islands of Pemba and Zanzibar, where three people died of the disease in September. (AlertNet)
Identifying Diarrhea Causing Bacteria By Tiny Difference In Genes Jul 15, 2009
One of them are vibrios: its species Vibrio cholerae is more commonly known as the causative agent of Cholera that spread in Europe until the 20th century. Interestingly, not all Vibrio cholerae strains are pathogenic to humans. (Science Daily)
Congo-Brazzaville: 130 Cholera Cases Reported in the Pool Region May 9, 2009
Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Emilienne Raoul, the Health Minister, announced that a campaign against yellow fever would be launched in the affected region in the coming days. (allAfrica.com)
Intestinal Parasites Alter Immunity In Cholera Patients Apr 8, 2009
Vibrio cholerae infections cause an estimated 5 million cases of cholera annually worldwide, primarily in impoverished areas with poor sanitation ... Harris JB, Podolsky MJ, Bhuiyan TR, Chowdhury F, Khan AI, et al. Immunologic Responses to Vibrio cholerae in Patients Co-Infected with Intestinal Parasites in Bangladesh. (Science Daily)
Kenya: Cholera Hits 10 Districts Mar 20, 2009
Cholera is an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium vibrio cholerae. The infection is often mild but sometimes it can be severe; without treatment, death can occur within hours due to dehydration. (allAfrica.com)
Robert Koch Medical Doctor Microbio... Mar 16, 2009
These thoughtful and tireless efforts led Koch and his colleagues to discover and prove that Bacillus anthracis, Vibrio cholerae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis were, in fact, the very causes of distinct human diseases. All can be thankful for the intelligent, energetic pursuit of scientific and medical truth by persons like Pasteur and Koch. (Suite101.com)
Novel Antibiotics Don't Trigger Resistance Mar 15, 2009
The compounds work against two notorious microbes: Vibrio cholerae, which causes cholera; and E. coli 0157:H7, the food contaminant that each year in the U.S. causes approximately 110,000 illnesses and 50 deaths ... Rather than killing Vibrio cholerae and E. coli 0157:H7, the researchers aimed to disrupt their ability to communicate via quorum sensing ... Biofilm formation in pathogenic Vibrio cholerae N16961 cell culture is inhibited by MTAN inhibitor butylthio-DADMe-ImmucillinA... (Science Daily)
Africa: Cholera Deaths on Kenyan-Ethiopian Border Mar 13, 2009
Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Left untreated it can lead to severe dehydration and death. (allAfrica.com)
New Variants Of Diarrhea-causing Toxins Found In Seafood Mar 4, 2009
24, 2009) Researchers have discovered potentially disease-causing vibrios (Vibrio cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus) in Norwegian seafood and inshore. (June 22, 2006) In its latest outreach campaign, MIT Sea Grant has developed an educational pamphlet to encourage people not to release or dump live and fresh seafood and seafood waste into the. (Science Daily)
Botswana: Cholera Becoming an Election Issue Feb 13, 2009
In late January and early February 2009, Botswana's parastatal, the Water Utilities Corporation (WUC), found traces of vibrio cholerae bacteria in the Shashe reservoir near Tonota village, about 35km south of Francistown, the country's second city, and in Letsibogo Dam near Mmadinare, about 25km northwest of the mining town, Selebi Phikwe ... "I am very confident our experts shall be able to eliminate the [cholera] bacterium through effective water treatment methods. We would like to reassure... (allAfrica.com)
