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change "causation" to "sparked" ... also, wasn't it a Christian who first applied statistics to the scientific epidemiology of an epidemic in London, tracing one outbreak to a single well or pump?
Although cholera is rare throughout the developed world, it is [[endemic]] in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]] and other underdeveloped areas, and a common cause of [[mortality]] and [[morbidity]]. <ref name="cdc" /> Untreated cholera has a mortality rate of about 50 percent.
Although cholera is rare throughout the developed world, it is [[endemic]] in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]] and other underdeveloped areas, and a common cause of [[mortality]] and [[morbidity]]. <ref name="cdc" /> Untreated cholera has a mortality rate of about 50 percent.
Cholera came to the European continent in the 19th century as transportation started to develop. There were five large cholera-epidemics throughout Europe, which killed thousands of people. Cholera is generally ackowledged as a causation for the sanitation reforms in large European cities during the 19th century.
Cholera came to the European continent in the 19th century as transportation started to develop. There were five large cholera-epidemics throughout Europe, which killed thousands of people.
These epidemics sparked the sanitation reforms in large European cities during the 19th century.
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