Cholera, travel, and infection control.
The spread of cholera is a testimony to our inability to provide a consistently decent standard of living to the peoples of the world. Simply separating human sewage from potable water sources would curtail, if not eliminate, the disease. Even persons who acquire cholera would not die if they were given access to rehydration. American travelers should follow sensible food and water precautions, but need not curtail their travels to countries that have cholera.
Department of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242.
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D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D013020:South America / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D014871:Water Microbiology