Cholera pandemics are fueled by globe-trotting bacterial strains
Insight into how the bug spreads could help stop it
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TREAT, STAT Rapid treatment to replenish fluids is crucial for cholera patients, like this young girl being taken to a health center in Haiti during the 2010 epidemic.
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