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| ISBN: | 9780191571701
0191571709
019954624X
9780199546244
9780199546244
1282383183
9781282383180
9786612383182
6612383186
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-337) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Cholera is a frightening disease. Victims are wracked by stomach cramps and suffer intense diarrhoea. Death can come within hours. Though now seeming a distant memory in Europe, which suffered several epidemics in the 19th century before John Snow identified the link with water, it is still a serious threat in many parts of the world - Zimbabwe is a recent example. Snow's discovery was one of the great breakthroughs of epidemiology and a wonderful story from the history of science. Later came the discovery of the culprit organism - Cholera vibrio - understanding of its life cycle, and the devel.
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| Other form: | Print version: Hamlin, Christopher, 1951- Cholera. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 9780199546244
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| Standard no.: | 9786612383182
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