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To avoid cholera, be clean

Cholera

The cholera bacteria. The water-borne disease is enabled and transmitted through the ingestion of contaminated water.

Photo credit: Fotosearch

By  David M. Kigo

What you need to know:

  • The water-borne disease is enabled and transmitted through the ingestion of contaminated water.
  • Vibrio cholera, the bacteria that causes cholera, is transmitted mostly by faecal matter from an infected person.
  • It is severe during rainy seasons when surface runoffs find their way into water bodies.

Cholera cases were recently reported in Kiambu, of all the counties.

The water-borne disease is enabled and transmitted through the ingestion of contaminated water.

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