Cholera is a severe diarrheal disease caused by consumption of food or water contaminated with the bacterium; Vibrio cholerae. Cholera is underreported, and as many as 2.9 million cases, and 95,000 deaths are suspected to occur each year (https://www.cdc.gov/cholera/infection-sources.html#ref-one). Since the beginning of the year 2021, 10,833 suspected cholera cases have been reported with 112 confirmed cases and 289 deaths. In the last one month, an increasing number of cholera cases has been reported across states. Blood group O is known to be associated with increased vulnerability to severe cholera (cholera gravis) [Ref: WHO position paper on Cholera vaccines.

Source: The Guardian December 09, 2022 02:59 UTC