New insight into predicting cholera epidemics in the Bengal Delta
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 10:14
in Biology & Nature
Cholera, an acute diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, has reemerged as a global killer. Outbreaks typically occur once a year in Africa and Latin America. But in Bangladesh the epidemics occur twice a year - in the spring and again in the fall.