The cholera, which only infects humans, is one of the notifiable diseases. In 2006, the Robert Koch Institute, a disease of cholera (biotype Vibrio cholerae 0:1, cholerae serotype Ogawa) has been submitted. In 2005, was unknown and in 2004, three cases of the disease have been reported. WHO in 2005 reported more than 130,000 cholera cases. Of these, by far the largest number of cases was observed in African countries (mainly Senegal, Congo and Gunea Bissau). The disease occurs as a poverty phenomenon in people with very low hygiene standards. The main source of infection is contaminated with faecal water represents the classical cholera vibrios (biotype cholerae) seem to be able to survive a few days without a man. In contrast, the true El Tor biotype as environmentally resistant. In cholera epidemics by the El Tor biotype, the number of subclinically infected is greater than that of the patients. Thus they also provide an important source of infection dar. More: http://www.vibrio-cholerae.org/
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