Fourth cholera pandemic

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The Fourth cholera pandemic was the fourth major pandemic of cholera that spread from 1863-1875 and was found mostly in Europe and Africa.

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Cholera
Cholera
Symptoms - Treatment - Prevention - Susceptibility - Transmission - Diagnosis - History
Vibrio cholerae
Cholera Bacteria
Vibrio cholerae - Strains: Classic -El Tor
Discovery:1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak - John Snow - Reverend Henry Whitehead
Treatment
Oral rehydration therapy
Antibiotics:Tetracycline - cotrimoxazole - erythromycin - doxycycline - chloramphenicol - furazolidone
Fluoroquinolones:norfloxacin
Outbreaks
First cholera pandemic - Second cholera pandemic - Third cholera pandemic - Fourth cholera pandemic - Fifth cholera pandemic - Sixth cholera pandemic - Seventh cholera pandemic
1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak - 2007 Central Luzon hog cholera outbreak - 2007 Iraq cholera outbreak
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