how does cholera become enidemic in

Open in App

Solution

A person may get cholera by drinking water or eating food contaminated with the cholera bacterium. In an epidemic, the source of the contamination is usually the feces of an infected person. The disease can spread rapidly in areas with inadequate treatment of sewage and drinking water.

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

Q. When did the third Cholera epidemic occur in England in the nineteenth century?

Q. Which organ does cholera affect?

Match the following:

$\begin{matrix} C o l u m n A & C o l u m n B Y e l l o w f e v e r & E p i d e m i c P l a g u e & P a n d e m i c A I D S & E n d e m i c C h o l e r a & S p o r a d i c \end{matrix}$

Q. How does any team become strong?

Q. How does a metazoan body become multicellular?

Join BYJU'S Learning Program