• THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CHOLERA AMONG CHILDREN


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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research work was designed to examine and analyze the causes and effects of cholera during raining season in Benin City. Seven (7) research questions were formulated and questionnaires were administered to one hundred and fifty (150) respondents in order to gather data for the research. Results showed that poor environment sanitation leads to cholera outbreak, washing of hands before eating helps to prevent or reduce the cholera outbreak, also drinking and bathing with contaminated water leads to cholera infection and a poorly kept toilet also causes cholera outbreak etc. recommendations ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Cholera is a disease characterized by profuse diarrhea accompanied with a severe dehydration and loss of electrolyte (Colwell and Huq, 1994), caused by toxigenic Vibrio cholerae, a serologically diverse, environmental, and gram-negative rod bacterium (Li et al., 2002). In the absence of appropriate treatment, there is a high mortality rate. Cholera is a major public health concern because of its high transmissibility, death-to-case ratio and ability to occur in epidemic and pandemic forms (Kaper et al., 1995). Cholera is responsible for an estimated death of 120,000 globally ev ... Continue Reading