Cholera

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Vibrio cholerae: Leifson flagella stain (digitally coloured)

CDC/Dr William A. Clark

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Cup of typical 'rice-water' stool from a cholera patient shows flecks of mucus that have settled to the bottom

CDC/Dr William A. Clark

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Typical shanty town in Kampala, Uganda; cholera outbreaks are commonplace in low-income countries

Dr Philip Gothard, Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician, Hospital for Infectious Diseases, University College London Hospital, UK

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Due to severe volume depletion, cholera manifests itself in decreased skin turgor, which produces the so-called 'washer woman's hand' sign

CDC/Dr William A. Clark

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