Confronting cholera in Peru

The year-long cholera epidemic in Peru refocussed scientific attention worldwide on the causes of the disease and the various strains of cholera …

Checking cholera with salt

Curbing cholera

WEST AFRICA

ZAIRE

MONGOLIA

The net widens

INDIA

Indonesia

Catching viruses

Brand new infectious maladies such as Jacobson's disease have begun to plague the world, despite better sanitation and medication in developed …

New cholera strain strikes India

A cholera epidemic in the Indian subcontinent is nothing unusual. But now, another bacterial strain that can cause the disease has surfaced.

Energising solutions

An improved ORS formulation would not only cure dehydration but even diarrhoea and cholera

Misery compounded

In short

TAIWAN

Spent force

Superbug in the making

Cholera bacteria exhibit high resistance to drugs

Epidemic at hand

Thanks to El Nio, east and central Africa is reeling under a deadly onslaught of killer diseases

Hotlinks

With temperatures increasing, link between cholera and climate has intensified

RASH OF EPIDEMICS

KENYA

An uncelebrated genius

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CAMBODIA

Changing genes make cholera pathogen indomitable

despite its genome sequenced three years ago, the cholera bacterium continues to dodge all efforts aimed at combating its menace. Now, scientists …

Satellite control