Cholera: How the Blue Death Changed History

By Mark K. Lewis

Cholera is a deadly bacteria that lives in the soil and water. It infects millions of people every year. Read this book to learn more about the history of the infectious disease known as the blue death.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: May 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781496665393

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Infected!: Cholera by Mark L. Lewis

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Chapter 1: Infected Rivers in Kenya

Chapter 2: Cholera’s Early History

Chapter 3: Finding a Cause

Chapter 4: Fighting Bacteria

Chapter 5: Preventing and Treating Cholera

Glossary

Read More

Internet Sites

Index

Copyright

Back Cover

CHAPTER 1

INFECTED RIVERS IN KENYA

In July 2017, Rasoa Lutenyi could not stop vomiting in her home in Nairobi, Kenya. If she tried to eat something, she vomited it back up immediately. She also had severe diarrhea. It was watery and gray. It looked like water that had been used to boil rice.

Her sister took her to the hospital to figure out what was wrong. Doctors put her on an intravenous (IV) drip. She was very dehydrated. Her body had lost a lot of water trying to get rid of the illness as fast as possible. The rice water color of the diarrhea came from cells in