1881–1896 cholera pandemic
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1881–1896 cholera pandemic
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The fifth cholera pandemic (1881–1896) was the fifth major international outbreak of cholera in the 19th century.
The endemic origin of the pandemic, as had its predecessors, was in the Ganges Delta in West Bengal. While the Vibrio cholerae bacteria had not been able to spread to western Europe until the 19th century, faster and improved modes of modern transportation, such as steamships and railways, reduced the duration of the journey considerably and facilitated the transmission of cholera an
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2008-04-15T19:11:40Z
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2024-09-11T19:41:08Z
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