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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Cholera, it's location, ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [what it does, and how ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [one becomes infected. ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Cholera is an infectious intestinal disease common in Southern Asia.
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Cholera is caused by a comma-shaped bacterium called Vibrio Choleras. The
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microorganism is transmitted by water or food that has been contaminated
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with the feces of people who have the disease. Cholera occurs when Vibrio
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Cholera enters the intestines and releases Cholera toxin. The toxin causes
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the intestine to secrete large amounts of water and salt. Because the
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intestine cannot absorb the water and salt at the rate they are secreted,
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the patient suffers severe diarrhea. This loss of fluid causes severe
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dehydration and changes in the body chemistry. If untreated, the illness
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can lead to shock and eventually death. With proper treatment, Cholera
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lasts only a few days. Prevention of Cholera requires adequate sanitation
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facilities. A vaccine against the illness has been developed, but it is
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not very effective. People who travel in areas where Cholera is widespread
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should not drink the local water. They should cook all foods that may have
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been exposed to water. Peru, already afflicted by economic ills and
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feastering guerilla insurgency, is now plagued by an epidemic of Cholera.
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As of February 25, 1991, the disease had claimed 90 lives and infected at
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least 14,000 people. It is the first major outbreak of Cholera in the
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western hemisphere since early in this century. In Peru, local authorities
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have moved quickly to stem the epidemic, which is spread by poor hygiene
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and contaminated water, raw food, and fish. To avoid spreading, health
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officials in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chile, have prohibited the importation
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of uncooked Peruvian food products. Coastal waters have shown a high
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degree of contamination by testings. In early May 1991, as Cholera began to
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spread eastward into PeruÕs jungle, volunteer doctors from Lima began to
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navigate the rivers with boats of Peruvian Amazons, stopping at each
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silt-house hamlet searching for the sick. The doctors brought their I.U.S.
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rehydration packets to the people who drink the contaminated river water.
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After five months, Cholera is spreading to other countries in Latin America
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-- and a few cases have been seen in the United States. Although Cholera
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is disappearing from Peru for now, it will eventually become native,
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reappearing in weakened people for each year. This is CholeraÕs normal
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course. Truly astonishing, however, is the Peruvian governmentÕs success
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in treating it. Two thousand people have died; less than 1 percent of the
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roughly 250,000 who got the disease. In the worldÕs last huge epidemic in
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West Africa in the early 1970Õs, the death rate was between 20 and 30
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percent. Cholera has killed 2,000 people while 40,000 children under 5 die
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ea year from diarrhea in Peru. On January 23, 1991, the inevitable
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happened. The first cases of Cholera appeared. The bacteria was probably
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brought by a fishing boat from Asia. It would be hard to think of a
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country worse prepared, because diarrhea and vomiting can kill cholera
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victims within a few hours unless they receive rehydration. This is a
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country living in poverty. Help is not around the corner and the closest
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health clinic is a dayÕs journey on foot, horse, or bicycle. The clinic is
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only likely to stock only the most basic and simple medicines. The Cholera
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bacterium lives in contaminated waters and foods; it infects humans unless
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it is killed by thorough cooking. Cholera is a disease of poverty,
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practically absent from wealthy neighborhoods, but prevalent among those
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who donÕt wash, drink clean water, properly dispose of waste, or eat
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properly cooked food. Every control measure requires water but a smaller
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percentage of people have water and sewers in Peru than practically
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anywhere else in the hemisphere.
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