As cholera continues to surge — and as vaccines remain in short supply — experts are warning about the global risk. Here's what to know about the bacterial disease.
As cholera continues to surge — and as vaccines remain in short supply — experts are warning about the global risk. Cholera is a bacterial disease typically spread by food and water, leading to severe diarrhea and dehydration. It has been on the rise around the world since 2021. Each year, there are some 1.3 to 4 million cases of cholera worldwide, according to the World Health Organization . Approximately 21,000 to 143,000 deaths occur as a result.
Around 473,000 cases were reported to WHO in 2022, which was twice as many cases as the prior year. Reported cases for 2023 are expected to exceed 700,000. 'It is concerning to see an increase in the number of cholera cases worldwide, with the majority of the cases in Asia, Africa and Latin America,' Dr. Renuga Vivekanandan, M.D., assistant dean and professor at the Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska, told Fox News Digital.
In the U.S., the cases have remained very small and are usually from travel exposure,' Vivekanandan noted. Why the spike in global cases? Cholera is typically spread when someone drinks water or eats food that is contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, according to the CDC. The disease can spread quickly in locations where there is insufficient treatment of drinking water and sewage, the agency warned. It is not typically transmitted from person to person.
As the WHO has stated, we need to have multi-pronged approaches, with a combination of surveillance, water, sanitation and hygiene, social mobilization, treatment, and oral cholera vaccines available for communities at high risk.' On the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website, Vaxchora is listed as a 'resolved shortage.
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