Transmission-Cholera

TRANSMISSION OF CHOLERA

Cholera is not transmitted directly from person to person, but it uses many vehicles to transmit itself, sometimes with the help of people. __Feces and Unsanitized Water__ As you know, the V. cholera releases its toxin in the intestine. Through traveling down the intestinal tract, is it expelled through fecal matter. In Haiti and other places with poorly built or even non-existent infrastructure from sewage plants and water sanitation stations, the feces can end up meeting up with potential drinking water in waterways or drinking water supplies. Especially in Haiti after the earthquake, all little resources were completely destroyed so people were producing bowel movements anywhere they could.



__Natural and through Food__ V. Cholerae can live naturally in the environment, such as in saltwater rivers and coastal oceans i.e. shellfish and plankton. Therefore, Seafood that has lived in these waters and is eaten raw is a source of ingesting V. Cholera and contracting the diease. Again, because the means are not there to sanitize the water, or sometimes even cook the food, V. Cholera can be contracted.-

__Citations__ http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/tropmed/disease/chol/trans.htm http://diarrhea.emedtv.com/cholera/cholera-transmission.html