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What do viral enteritis and cholera have in common and how are they different?
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Severity: Most viral infections in the intestines are relatively mild and resolve in 1-2 days. Cholera is a bacterial infection that elaborates a toxin causing potentially profound and life threatening diarrhea. Although classically called asiatic cholera, currently 95% of cases are in subsaharan africa.
Answered 11/5/2013
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