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Descriptor English: Cholera
Descriptor Spanish: Cólera
Descriptor cólera
Entry term(s) infección por Vibrio cholerae
Scope note: Enfermedad diarreica aguda, endémica en la India y en el sudeste asiático, cuyo agente causal es VIBRIO CHOLERAE. Esta enfermedad puede causar deshidratación grave en cuestión de horas a menos que sea tratada rápidamente.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cólera
Descriptor French: Choléra
Entry term(s): Choleras
Infection, Vibrio cholerae
Infections, Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio cholerae Infection
Vibrio cholerae Infections
Tree number(s): C01.150.252.400.959.347
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002771
Scope note: An acute diarrheal disease endemic in India and Southeast Asia whose causative agent is VIBRIO CHOLERAE. This condition can lead to severe dehydration in a matter of hours unless quickly treated.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Related: Cholera Morbus MeSH
DeCS ID: 2821
Unique ID: D002771
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Cholera - Preferred
Concept UI M0004244
Scope note An acute diarrheal disease endemic in India and Southeast Asia whose causative agent is VIBRIO CHOLERAE. This condition can lead to severe dehydration in a matter of hours unless quickly treated.
Preferred term Cholera
Entry term(s) Choleras
Infection, Vibrio cholerae
Infections, Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio cholerae Infection
Vibrio cholerae Infections



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