HISTORY

OF

CHOLERA
Discussant: Velasco, Macky V.
 OVERVIEW
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by
ingestion of food or water contaminated with the
bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of cholera, a highly
contagious diarrheal disease affecting millions worldwide
each year.
 INCREASED
SPREAD
During the 19th century, cholera spread across the world
from its original reservoir in the Ganges delta in India.
Seven subsequent pandemics killed millions of people
across all continents. There are 7(seven) pandemic.
 PANDEMIC
S
A pandemic is a widespread disease in a country or the
whole world with a large part of the population affected at a
particular time.
 ENDEMIC
Cholera is endemic in more than 69
countries around the world.
 SPREAD
One of the first detailed accounts of a cholera epidemic comes
from Gaspar Correa—who described an outbreak in the spring
of 1543 of a disease in the Ganges Delta, which is located in the
south Asia area of Bangladesh and India. The local people
called the disease “moryxy”
Gaspar Correa
 HISTORY
(1829 -1851) (1863 - 1875) (1899 - 1923)
(1817 - 1821) (1852 - 1860) (1881 - 1896) (1961 - 1970s)

“Asiatic Cholera” Indonesia

Again started in India India Took place at the turn
began in Jessore near extended to
and then spread to India to Russia Bengal Region and of the 20th century in
Calcutta and then India, Russia and
China Europe India
appeared throughout North Africa
India
 WHAT WE CAN DO
PROPER
SANITATION,
KEEPS THE
CHOLERA AWAY!
YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO LEND AN EAR
MEANS A LOT TO
Discussant: Velasco, Macky V.
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