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"Cholera is an acute infective diarrhoeal illness caused by Vibrio cholerae. Severe cholera causes large volume liquid stools, which may rapidly lead to hypovolaemic shock and death, unless intensive rehydration therapy is instituted. Prevention of cholera depends upon access to clean water and effective sanitation, and effective vaccines are now available."

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"isolation of V. cholerae on stool or rectal swab culture is the gold standard diagnostic test"

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"The infective agent is Vibrio cholerae, a member of the Vibrionaceae family of curved, Gram-negative rods, commonly normally present in coastal waters (like other Vibrio spp.)."

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"V. cholerae is subdivided into greater than 200 serogroups, related to the O antigen of a lipopolysaccharide. Only the O1 and O139 serogroups produce epidemic cholera. O1 is typed into classical and El Tor biotypes. El Tor is responsible for the pandemic, classical was responsible for all preceding epidemics."

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