As a visitor to a country in which cholera is an endemic disease, what specific steps would you take to reduce your risk of cholera exposure? Will these precautions also prevent you from contracting other waterborne diseases? If so, which ones? Identify waterborne diseases for which your precautions may not prevent infection.
To explain:
The specific steps one would take in order to reduce the risk of exposure of cholera in cholera endemic country. Also, identify waterborne diseases which remain ineffective by such precautions.
Concept introduction:
Cholera is an infectious disease which is caused by bacterium Vibrio cholerae. This disease is characterized by the occurrence of watery diarrhea and can lead to a problem of dehydration. Food or water contaminated with Vibrio cholerae is the major source of this bacterial illness.
Explanation of Solution
As a visitor of cholera endemic country, many types of safety measures can be practiced which are as follows:
- 1. Consumption of safe drinking water and personal hygiene should be practiced to minimize the risk of cholera exposure.
- 2. Consumption of uncooked or raw food such as raw fish or shellfish should also be avoided.
Yes, all these precautions will also help in the prevention of other water borne diseases caused by virus, protists, and also from typhoid fever apart from infectious cholera.
A waterborne infection which is caused by Legioella will remain ineffective by such preventive measures. This is due to the reason that this organism is waterborne but having tendency to spread through air droplets or humified aerosols.
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