Cholera is an aggressive bacterial infection that can kill its victims within hours, but how? What exactly does cholera do to our bodies? What Happens When You ...
========== If you’ve played the Oregon Trail then you
know cholera is a harrowing illness that killed many a’pioneer. But what exactly IS cholera and why are people
still getting it? Hey there bankers from Boston and Carpenters
from Ohio, Trace here for DNews. While many of us only know it from the game
Oregon Trail, cholera is a real infection with real consequences. In 2010, Haiti was hit with a massive earthquake. UN workers arrived to help but possibly also
brought cholera along with them. Haiti had not had a cholera outbreak in more
that 50 years. But the 2010 outbreak left about 790,000 people
sick and over 9,000 dead... we wanted to know what exactly is this disease, and what does
it do? Cholera is a bacterial infection caused by
Vibrio cholerae. Only about 1 in 10 people infected de...