PART 8: Infectious Diseases
SECTION 6 Diseases Caused by Gram-Negative Bacteria
156 Cholera and Other Vibrioses
![]() | Figure 156-1 World distribution of cholera in 2009. (Adapted from WHO: Cholera, 2009.) |
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![]() | Figure 156-2 Spread of Vibrio cholerae O1 in the Americas, 1991–1994. (Courtesy of Dr. Robert V. Tauxe, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta; with permission.) |
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![]() | Figure 156-3 Spread of Vibrio cholerae O139 in the Indian subcontinent and elsewhere in Asia, 1992–1994. (Courtesy of Dr. Robert V. Tauxe, CDC, Atlanta; with permission.) |
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![]() | Figure 156-4 Rice water cholera stool. Note floating mucus and gray watery appearance. (Courtesy of Dr. ASG Faruque, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka; with permission.) |
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