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[[File:1-Cholera.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Location of 6 of 11 U.S. owned and controlled bio labs in [[Ukraine]].]]
'''Cholera''' is an intestinal disease<ref>[http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/snowcricketarticle.html John Snow and the Broad Street Pump: On the Trail of an Epidemic]</ref> caused by infection with the [[bacterium]] ''Vibrio cholerae''.
'''Cholera''' is an intestinal disease<ref>[http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/snowcricketarticle.html John Snow and the Broad Street Pump: On the Trail of an Epidemic]</ref> caused by infection with the [[bacterium]] ''Vibrio cholerae''.
The infection is often [[symptom|asymptomatic]], but can be quite severe. Approximately one in twenty infected patients exhibit profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps. In these persons, rapid loss of body fluids leads to [[dehydration]] and hypovolemic shock. Without treatment, death can occur quickly.<ref name="cdc">[https://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/cholera_gi.html Centers for Disease Control]</ref>
The infection is often [[symptom|asymptomatic]], but can be quite severe. Approximately one in twenty infected patients exhibit profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps. In these persons, rapid loss of body fluids leads to [[dehydration]] and hypovolemic shock. Without treatment, death can occur quickly.<ref name="cdc">[https://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/cholera_gi.html Centers for Disease Control]</ref>