Fecally Contaminated Water
- Uncontrolled water sources such as wells, lakes, ponds, streams and rivers pose a great threat.
- Contaminated Food Drinks: Ingestion of contaminated food and drinks have been associated with outbreaks of cholera. Bottle feeding could be a significant risk factor for infants. Fruits and vegetables washed with contaminated water can be a source of infection. After preparation, cooked food may be contaminated through contaminated hands and/or flies.
Fruits & VegetablesThe main symptom of cholera is diarrhea.
Drinking Water
- Contaminated at its source
- Contaminated during storage
- Ice made from contaminated water
- Contaminated during or after preparation
- Fruits and vegatables, freshened with contaminated water and eaten raw.
- Fruits and vegatables, grown at or near ground level and fertilised with night soil or irrigated with water contaminated with human waste, and with eaten raw.
Large epidemics are often related to faecal contamination of drinking water supplies.
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le choléra au cameroun
le choléra a fait et continu à faire des ravages dans la partie septemtrionale du cameroun la situation actuelle devient plus compliquée parceqaue des cas de malades sont entrain d'etre signalés dans la partie sud de ce pays quelles sont les mesures les plus obsolues pour arreter sa propagation dans ledit pays
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cholera has been continuous and wreak havoc on the part of Cameroon septemtrionale the current situation becomes more complicated cases parceqaue patients are about to be reported in the southern part of this country what measures best to stop her obsolues spread in that country
