Cholera. Epidemiology, Attempts to Fight It and Vulnerable Subpopulations

Scientific Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Medicine - Epidemiology, , language: English, abstract: Cholera is described as a "e;forgotten disease"e; that primarily affects "e;forgotten people"e; around the world. This paper tries to give a quick overview over the history of its discovery, its epidemiology and the efforts undertaken to fight it.