Vibrio cholerae.pdf - Academic lab pages - School of Biosciences

The infection
• Estimated 3–5 million cholera cases and 100
000–120 000 deaths due to cholera every year.
• Most asymptomatic (75%)
• of those that become symptomatic 80-90%
mild symptoms
• 20% will develop severe diarrhoea and show
typical cholera dehydration
“Almost every developing country faces cholera
outbreaks or the threat of a cholera epidemic.”
(WHO)