HISTORY

OF

CHOLERA
Discussant: Velasco, Macky V.
 OVERVIEW
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by
ingestion of food or water contaminated with the
bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of cholera, a highly
contagious diarrheal disease affecting millions worldwide
each year.
 INCREASED
SPREAD
During the 19th century, cholera spread across the world
from its original reservoir in the Ganges delta in India.
Seven subsequent pandemics killed millions of people
across all continents. There are 7(seven) pandemic.
 ENDEMIC
Cholera is endemic in more than 47
countries around the world.
 SPREAD
One of the first detailed accounts of a cholera epidemic comes from Gaspar
Correa—Portuguese historian and author of Legendary India—who
described an outbreak in the spring of 1543 of a disease in the Ganges
Delta, which is located in the south Asia area of Bangladesh and India. The
local people called the disease “moryxy” and it reportedly killed victims
within 8 hours of developing symptoms and had a fatality rate so high that
locals struggled to bury all the dead.
 PANDEMIC
S
A pandemic is a widespread disease in a country or the
whole world with a large part of the population effected at a
particular time.
 HISTORY
(1829 -1851) (1863 - 1875) (1899 - 1923)
(1817 - 1821) (1852 - 1860) (1881 - 1896) (1961 - 1970s)

“Asiatic Cholera” Indonesia

Again started in India India Took place at the turn
began in Jessore near extended to
and then spread to India to Russia Bengal Region and of the 20th century in
Calcutta and then India, Russia and
China Europe India
appeared throughout North Africa.
India
 10 FAMOUS
•
• PANDEMICS
Antonine Plague (165 AD)
The Black Death (1346- 1353)
• Third Cholera Pandemic (1852-1860)
• Flu Pandemic (1889-1890)
• Sixth Cholera Pandemic (1910-1911)
• Flu Pandemic (1918)
• Asian Flu (1956-1958)
• Flu Pandemic (1968)
• HIV/AIDS Pandemic (1981-2018)
• COVID-19 (2020-2022)
 THE WHO
The World Health Organization was
started in 1948 to help coordinate in
international health issues and to
respond to public health emergencies.
 WHAT WE CAN DO
It is important that we
frequently wash our hands to
reduce the risk of spreading
viruses.
 OTHER
MEASURES
If there is a pandemic that is occurring
further measures may be put In place like
masking, social distancing and lock
downs to reduce further spread.