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What part of the body is affected by the disease cholera?
intestine
What part of your body does cholera affect?
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine that causes a largeamount of watery diarrhea. So basically the small intestine.
What is clorea?
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine.
What causes a person to have cholera?
Water or food is contaminated by cholera bacteria. When you eat the same, they pass to your small intestine. There the bacteria multiply. They attach themselves to the wall of small intestine. They make your small intestine to secrete the fluid in very large quantity. So you get vomiting and loose motion.
Is cholera a virus bacretia or fungus?
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
What pathogen causes cholera?
Cholera is caused by the bacterium vibrio cholerae, which infects the small intestine, causing severe dehydration and diarrhea.
What body systems are affected by crohn's disease?
Digestive system. Specificaly the small intestine.
Which body organ is affected in celiac sprue?
the small intestine.
Is cholera a bacterial disease?
Yes, Cholera is an infectious, diarrheal disease of the small intestine caused by the bacterium, Vibrio cholera. Cholera can be spread through infected food or water and is usually a minor infection without any symptoms, however sometimes it can be dangerous.
How do the toxins produced by cholera cause diarrhoea?
vibrio cholerae produces cholera toxin which is an enterotoxin, whose action on the mucosal epithelium lining of the small intestine is responsible for the massive diarrhoea of the disease.
Two structures present in an epithelial cell from the small intestine that are not present in a cholera bacterium?
Microvilli and tight junctions are two structures present in epithelial cells from the small intestine that are not present in cholera bacteria. Microvilli increase the surface area for nutrient absorption, while tight junctions help to form a barrier between cells to regulate the passage of molecules. Cholera bacteria cause an infection in the intestine but lack these typical cell structures as they are single-celled organisms.
Which body parts does cholera damage?
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