The deadly bacterium behind cholera epidemics spends only a fraction of its life infecting humans. Most of the time, Vibrio cholerae lurks in estuaries and other semisalty aquatic habitats.

The role that flies play in spreading cholera—a bacterial disease that causes severe diarrhea and dehydration—has been ...

Cholera, a severe bacterial infection that causes diarrhea and kills if untreated, can be defeated with a diet high in ...

Archana Pant, Satyabrata Bag, Bipasa Saha, Jyoti Verma, Pawan Kumar, Sayantan Banerjee, Bhoj Kumar, Yashwant Kumar, Anbumani Desigamani, Suhrid Maiti, Tushar K. Maiti ...

High-protein diets rich in casein and wheat gluten may lower cholera infection risk by suppressing bacterial colonization and ...

Bacteria harness the power of communities. A research group at the University of Basel, Switzerland, has now discovered that the bacterial pathogen that causes cholera forms a novel type of bacterial ...

Cholera is caused by a water-borne bacterial pathogen called Vibrio cholerae that may be transmitted through the consumption of contaminated water or food. The rapidly developing, very contagious ...

Natural antimicrobials called microcins are produced by bacteria in the gut and show promise in fighting infection. On the left, a Vibrio cholerae strain that produces the antimicrobial MvcC (center) ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD New research reveals that what we eat, down to the type of dietary protein, can tip the balance ...

A team of scientists and physicians at Mass General Brigham has developed a single-dose oral cholera vaccine and tested it in ...

The pH-dependent metabolic switch of the cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae: During anaerobic conditions the bacteria arrest growth an preserve their viability. Under higher pH-conditions in the lower ...

The cost of foodborne illnesses in the United States was almost $75 billion in 2023, according to recently released data. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that the most expensive foodborne ...