cholera outbreak
Deadly bacterial surge
A cholera outbreak is a sudden surge of cholera cases in a population, typically caused by contaminated water or food spreading the bacterium.
Outbreaks often follow natural disasters, wars, or infrastructure failures that compromise sanitation: The earthquake triggered a cholera outbreak that killed thousands.
The phrase appears frequently in public health reporting and humanitarian contexts.
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- waterborne diseaseIllness transmitted through contaminated water
- contaminatedMade impure by contact
- waterClear essential liquid
dirty water · diarrhea · dehydration · quarantine · sanitation · sewage · vomiting · contagion · relief · humanitarian · refugees · camp · wells · death toll · death rate · mass graves · field hospital · health workers
- epidemicsepidemic, pandemic, disease, Black Death, virus
- health crisespandemic, epidemic, health emergency, public health emergency, AIDS epidemic
- HaitiHaiti, Port-au-Prince, Hispaniola, Haitian Revolution, vodou
- US Medical Historypolio vaccine, Jonas Salk, Salk vaccine, Clara Barton, Walter Reed
- Philippine-American WarLuzon, pacification, insurrection, water cure, war atrocities
- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
cholera outbreakpublic health
Community-level disease prevention
clean bill of health · epidemic prevention · sanitary conditions · community wellness · clean water access
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