• Question: What is the main organism in cholera?

    Asked by anon-199049 to Alex on 11 Mar 2019.
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      Alexander Allen answered on 11 Mar 2019:

      Had to look up the bacteria’s name but from memory otherwise:

      Cholera is an infection that is caused by bacteria (as opposed to a virus, fungus or parasite of some kind).

      The name of the virus is Vibrio Cholerae in Latin. It only affects humans and is a very unpleasant thing to have with some pretty harsh symptoms, usually involving the gut.

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