Epidemiology

Internal medicine

Public health

Pathology

Poverty

Cholera vaccine

Disease

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Economic growth

Bacteria

Infectious disease (medical specialty)

Biology

Pandemic

Outbreak

Nursing

Virology

Economics

Geography

Vibrio cholerae

Overcrowding

Sanitation

Cholera

Genetics

Medicine

Environmental health

Vaccine

Cholera is an ancient disease that remains a public health problem in many impoverished locations around the world. Seven pandemics of cholera have been recorded since the first pandemic in 1817, the last of which is on going. Overcrowding, poverty, insufficient water and sanitation facilities increase the risk for cholera outbreaks. The epidemiology of cholera in the areas in Asia, Africa and the Americas where the disease occurs continues to evolve.

Epidemiology of cholera