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Study identifies genomic regions associated with cholera susceptibility

An international research team has used a novel approach to identify genetic factors that appear to influence susceptibility to cholera. The findings by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the Broad...

5 July, 2013

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Twitter accurately tracked Haiti cholera epidemic

Twitter was found to yield data that would have been a quicker way of detecting and tracking the deadly cholera outbreak in Haiti than traditional methods.

17 January, 2012

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UN seeks urgent funds for ongoing Congo cholera outbreak

The United Nations humanitarian arm warned today that $5.5 million is urgently needed from donors to combat an outbreak of cholera that has infected more than 17,000 people in the Congo.

23 November, 2011

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Cholera pandemic’s source discovered

Researchers have tracked the spread of antibiotic-resistant cholera strains back to the Bay of Bengal

31 August, 2011

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Somalia: Cholera hits crowded Mogadishu camps

Fears are mounting that a cholera epidemic could spread rapidly among the hundreds of thousands of people

25 August, 2011

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WHO warns millions at risk of cholera and measles in Ethiopia

Five million people are at risk of cholera in drought-hit Ethiopia

18 July, 2011

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Cholera and measles kill hundreds, while polio reappears in Congo

Outbreaks of measles and cholera in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed hundreds of people, with thousands more infected,

15 July, 2011

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Cameroon’s cholera fight goes local

Devolving power to local authorities is helping Cameroon step up its fight against a two-year cholera outbreak,

29 June, 2011

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Rainy season to worsen Chad cholera outbreak

A cholera outbreak that has killed more than 100 people in Chad could worsen this June as the rainy season starts in the Central African country, Oxfam warned on Wednesday.

8 June, 2011

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Predicting cholera outbreaks

A new study into the linkages between rain, temperature and cholera shows scientists may be able to predict epidemics in time to save people from the life-threatening disease.

3 June, 2011

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