Cholera: the killer from the deep

TitleCholera: the killer from the deep
Publication TypeJournal Articles
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsColwell RR
JournalThe BiochemistThe Biochemist
Abstract

The current international attention to the importance ofcombating infectious diseases can provide the opportunity for a multidisciplinary approach that joins medicine with many other scientific and technological disciplines. Science and technology are major forces that have the potential to balance the world’s inequities. The connection between cholera and the environment provides a paradigm for this perspective.