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Q: Who was the famous person who had cholera?
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Can cholera be spread from person to person or is it contagious?

Cholera does not spread through air. But then cholera spread by housefly. You can call it spread by 'Air'.


How cholera is spread?

Cholera is spread through contaminated water and food. Cholera is unlikely to spread directly from one person to another.


Can cholera kill people in the third world?

Cholera can kill any person.


Where cholera came from?

a person named cholera what did ya think...that id know the answer


When was cholera first isolated?

Robert Koch was the person who first isolated cholera in 1883


Is cholera a bacteria or virus?

Cholera is a disease... The disease cholera is caused by a bacterium. The bacterium was first described by Filippo Pacini in 1854, but it was Robert Koch's famous description thirty years later that was finally recognized.


Have any famous people died from cholera?

James K. Polk


Is cholera caused by a bacterium?

Cholera is not caused by any virus. Cholera is caused by baceteria. Name of that bacteria is vibrio cholerae.


How would an immigrant get cholera?

From consuming food or drinks contaminated with Cholera micro-organism (If a person gets cholera it means he has consumed microscopic amount of faeces from a person suffering from cholera!) Food gets contaminated either by direct contact or by vectors like flies that carry the bacteria from the faecal matter to the food.


What is meant by the word 'carrier' as it relates to cholera?

infected person


Does cholera spread fast?

Yes, Cholera will spread fast if many people have eaten or drank the contaminated food or water. Cholera isn't spread by casual contact from one person to another.


In the essay On the Mode of Communication of Cholera what is the primary technique that author John Snow uses to support his claim that cholera spreads from person to person?

John Snow primarily uses detailed case studies and maps to show the correlation between contaminated water sources and cholera outbreaks, suggesting that the disease spreads through water contaminated with fecal matter. This technique helps him support his claim that cholera is transmitted person to person through contaminated water sources.