5 Feared Killed As Cholera Outbreak Hits Ogun
Residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, are now apprehensive following the reports of a cholera outbreak in two communities in the state. LEADERSHIP gathered that severe cases of the epidemic had been reported in Abeokuta South and Abeokuta …
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Health: Cholera epidemic halted in southern Congo
Health: Cholera epidemic halted in southern Congo. Brazzaville, Congo – The cholera epidemic that has ravaged Pointe-Noire, southern Congo, since last November has been halted, according to the health official in charge of the efforts, Dr. Joseph Ngala.
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Gene Sleuths Find How Some Naturally Resist Cholera
People living in the Ganges Delta, where cholera is an ancient, endemic and often lethal disease, have adapted genetically to the scourge through variations in about 300 genes, say researchers who have scanned their genomes for the fingerprints of …
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Typhoid, cholera and light boxes on Courtenay Place
Taking London's 1854 cholera outbreak and Wellington's 1890–92 typhoid epidemic as its starting point, Holland Street is a two-person project that will feature sixteen panels juxtaposing images of modern day London with fragments of a world where …
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Cholera outbreaks in Spain
Image by RealIvanSanchez
The London cholera map (bottom left) is widely known. But I didn’t know there were Spain-wide cholera maps.
