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Cholera is an ancient disease but continues to strike human lives in mass. Based on the published reports between 1995 and 2005, it is evident that cholera is rampant in sub-Saharan Africa (66%) than Southeast Asia (17%). Since its discovery in 1854, Vibrio cholerae, the causative organism of cholera, has changed its biotypes, serogroups, and strain characteristics. Thus, this organism is strongly positioned to augment problems in many aspects including epidemiology and biological complexity. Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5 in this book describe about the cholera scenario, respectively in Asia, Africa, Commonwealth of Independent States (the then Russia), and Americas along with characteristics of V. cholerae strains that influenced the local epidemics.
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Ramamurthy, T., Bhattacharya, S. (2011). General Introduction. In: Ramamurthy, T., Bhattacharya, S. (eds) Epidemiological and Molecular Aspects on Cholera. Infectious Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-265-0_1
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