Fourth cholera pandemic (1863–75)

The fourth cholera pandemic (1863–79) was the fourth major pandemic of cholera in the century. It began in the Ganges delta of the Bengal region, from where Muslim pilgrims carried it to Mecca. That year 30,000 of the 90,000 Mecca pilgrims died in the epidemic.^[1] Cholera spread throughout the Middle East.^[1] It also was carried to Russia, Europe, Africa and North America, in each case spreading from port cities and along inland waterways.^[1]

See also

• Cholera outbreaks and pandemics

References

External links

• Book on Pandemics

Cholera Cholera Symptoms Treatment Prevention Susceptibility Transmission Diagnosis History Cholera bacteria Vibrio cholerae Strains: El Tor Discovery: 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak John Snow Reverend Henry Whitehead Treatment Oral rehydration therapy Antibiotics: Tetracycline cotrimoxazole erythromycin doxycycline chloramphenicol furazolidone Fluoroquinolones: norfloxacin Outbreaks Cholera pandemics: First cholera pandemic Second cholera pandemic Third cholera pandemic Fourth cholera pandemic Fifth cholera pandemic Sixth cholera pandemic Seventh cholera pandemic Other outbreaks: 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak 2007 Iraq cholera outbreak 2008 Congo cholera outbreak 2008–2009 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak 2010 Haiti cholera outbreak 2012 Sierra Leonean cholera outbreak 2014-2015 West and Central African cholera outbreak Index of bacterial disease Description Bacteria classification Growth media Disease Gram-positive firmicutes Gram-positive actinobacteria Gram-negative proteobacteria Gram-negative non-proteobacteria Cholera Tuberculosis Treatment Antibiotics cell wall nucleic acid mycobacteria protein synthesis other Antibodies Vaccines