Drinking such water can also result in the disease, even without prior contamination through fecal matter.
As it spreads rapidly and causes mortality, the outbreak of cholera generates an immediate public health crisis.
This limits cholera's ability to cause death, or at the very least a decline in education, as children are kept out of school to minimize the risk of infection.
The acids in your stomach and digestive tract can kill small amounts of the cholera bacteria.
The Indian Journal of Medical Research.
But there have been some outbreaks in the U.