a potentially fatal disease characterized by violent vomiting and diarrhea

a disease marked by severe vomiting and dysentery that is often fatal; Water

A highly infectious and deadly disease spread by dirty water (often the excrememnt of the previous victim). Extreme bouts of diarrhoea leads to dehydration and shock follwed by death within 24 - 48 hours.

any infectious disease that is epidemic.

A very dangerous disease (characterized by high fever, diarrhea, and dehydration) spread by feces-contaminated drinking water. Major epidemics during the 19th century killed hundreds of thousands of people.

(paraphrased from Fowler & Fowler) An infectious and often fatal disease of the small intestine resulting in severe vomiting and diarrhoea.

an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food

an acute intestinal infection caused by a bacterium that is transmitted by contaminated food and water

an acute intestinal infection which occurs in many of the developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America, where sanitary conditions are less than optimal

an often fatal bacterial disease causing severe vomiting and diarrhoea, spread by contaminated water.

a serious disease causing severe diarrhoea with vomiting caused by food and water that is made dirty with faeces. Unless treated it can cause rapid dehydration and death in a few hours.

A bacterial infection of the small intestine that causes severe watery diarrhea, dehydration, and possibly death.

an acute bacterial infection involving the entire small intestine. If untreated it leads to severe loss of fluids, electrolyte imbalance, muscles cramps, dehydration and collapse.

Serious disease that must be reported to state veterinarians. High fever, constipation, matted eyes, diarrhea, convulsions, death. Vaccine available. Treatment not always successful.

An intestinal infection, spread by drinking contaminated water. It causes violent diarrhoea and vomiting and, if untreated, causes death.

A highly infectious and deadly disease spread mainly via dirty water

Acute sever contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing.

An infectious disease of the small intestines whose bacteria is often found in untreated water.

a disease from an intestinal infection caused by contaminated water or food. The symptoms are watery diarrhea, vomiting, muscle cramps, and severe dehydration.

transmitted by fecal contaminated food and water and by ingesting raw or undercooked seafood. Symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and severe dehydration. This bacterial infection is endemic to India, Africa, the Mediterranean, South and Central America, Mexico, and the United States. The treatment that is administered is usually antibiotics, which shorten the duration of the illness. Death can result from the severe dehydration due to diarrhea. Contaminated water supply is the main mechanism for spreading the disease and improving sanitation conditions serves as the best form of prevention. A vaccination is available as a short term method to countries at risk. The smuggling of shellfish led to the reemergence of Cholera in the United States, so avoiding raw or undercooked seafood would reduce the risk.

an acute infection of the intestine that is caused by drinking water contaminated by the faeces of human beings or animals. Cholera begins very suddenly with watery diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting. Untreated, this can lead to fatal (deadly) dehydration, but prompt and adequate treatment with Oral Rehydration Solution is an effective treatment

Intestines Symptomatic

One of the world's most devastating diseases. Caused by a curved bacterium which produces a toxin affecting the intestinal lining. This toxin causes a massive loss of fluid from the body as diarrhoea. Usually food or water infected by faecal contamination produces the nausea, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps. The bacterium was first identified by Robert Koch in 1893

An acute, infectious disease, endemic in India and China and now occasionally epidemic elsewhere: characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, and cramps. It is caused by a potent toxin discharged by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which acts on the small intestine to cause secretion of large amounts of fluid. The painless, watery diarrhea and the passing of rice-water stool are characteristic. Great body-salt depletion occurs. Cholera is spread by feces-contaminated water and food. Major epidemics struck the United States in the years 1832, 1849, and 1866. In the 1830s the causes were generally thought to be intemperance in the use of ardent spirits or drinking bad water; uncleanness, poor living or crowded and ill-ventilated dwellings; and too much fatigue. By 1850 cholera was thought to be caused by putrid animal poison and miasma or pestilential vapor rising from swamps and marshes, or that it entered the body through the lungs or was transmitted through the medium of clothing. It was still believed that it attacked the poor, the dissolute, the diseased, and the fearful, while the healthy, well-clad, well-fed, and fearless man escaped the ravages of cholera.

Cholera (also called Asiatic cholera) is an infectious disease of the gastrointestinal tract caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. These bacteria are typically ingested by drinking water contaminated by improper sanitation or by eating improperly cooked fish, especially shellfish. Symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration. Death is generally due to the dehydration caused by the illness.

An infectious, gastrointestinal disease, caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Cholera is a waterborne disease that ran rampant throughout Europe and the United States until the introduction of water filtration and chlorination.

A devastating and sometimes lethal disease with intense vomiting and profuse watery diarrhea leading to dehydration which, unless immediately treated, may be fatal. See the entire definition of Cholera

Cholera” is a bacterial infection of the intestine that transmitted by food and water and produces symptoms that include profuse diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps. Cholera is found primarily in poorer parts of Africa, South America, Central America, Southeast Asia, parts of Eastern Europe, and the Indian subcontinent.

an acute, infectious disease caused by the consumption of water or food contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

An acute infectious disease of the small intestine, caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae which is transmitted in drinking water contaminated by feces of a patient. After an incubation period of 1-5 days, cholera causes severe vomiting and diarrhea, which, if untreated, leads to dehydration that can be fatal.

an acute infectious disease characterized by severe diarrhea, vomiting, muscle cramps and prostration. The severe dehydration leads to shock and death.

An infection of the small intestine caused by a type of bacterium. The disease is spread by drinking water or eating foods that have been contaminated with the feces of infected people. It occurs in parts of Asia, Africa, Latin America, India, and the Middle East. Symptoms include watery diarrhea and exhaustion.

A highly dangerous and infectious disease caused by cholera bacterium (Vibrio cholera) which is transmitted through infected food and water. It causes a profuse, painless, watery diarrhea resulting in dehydration, weakness and death.

A deadly disease that was common along the western trails during the 19th century. The disease was highly contagious and was spread through contaminated drinking water. Most people died after they caught it, some within 24 hours.

An acute intestinal infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which is usually spread through contaminated food and water supplies. Symptoms include watery diarrhea, vomiting and leg cramps. Cholera may lead to dehydration, shock and ultimately death.

Acute diarrhea with intestinal damage.

Infectious disease spread by specific micro-organisms in contaminated water.

Cholera is a water-borne disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which is typically ingested by drinking contaminated water, or by eating improperly cooked fish, especially shellfish. This phenomenon was first described scientifically by the Portuguese physician Garcia de Orta in Colóquios dos Simples e Drogas da India'' (1563). Europe witnessed several epidemics in the 19th century, but since then the disease is mostly seen in developing countries, due to poor drinking water sanitation.