Which of the following is NOT present in FL beach water

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Which of the following is NOT present in FL beach
water?
A) Noroviruses
B) E. coli
C) enterococci
D) None of the above
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• Thats not correct. Go back and try again.

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Thats Right!
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Why is Cholera fatal?

• A) causes severe dehydration
• B) causes hypovolemic shock
• C) rapid symptom deterioration
• D) all of the above

BBC NEWS Report on preventing "Liquid Killers"
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Correct!

• Cholera is usually fatal (60 mortality rate) due
  to rapid decline in body hydration
• Rapid treatment can help prevent the severe
  dehydration and consequent hypovolemic shock
• Remember
• "Boil it, cook it, peel it,
• or forget it
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OK but what else?

• Not a bad choice, but go back and find a better
  answer.

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When was the last major cholera epidemic in the
United States?

• A) Never the atmospheric oxygen content above
  the continental United States makes us immune
• B) 9/15/2006 in Yoknapatawpha County,
  Mississippi
• C) The 1960s
• D) 1866 1911

Textbook of Bacteriology - Cholera
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Correct!

• The last major cholera epidemic to hit the United
  States was in 1866 1911
• Thought to be a result of the cholera epidemic
  going on in Western Europe and Africa at the time

Past Cholera Epidemics
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Wrong!

• Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi doesnt exist
• 9/15/06 hasnt happened yet
• Try again!

More Detailed Bacteriology of Vibrio Cholera
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Wrong! lets list some reasons

• Due to the wind and kinetic energy of gas
  molecules, the atmospheric oxygen content around
  the globe is more or less constant
• Oxygen content doesnt matter anyway Vibrio
  Cholera is transmitted through water
• It is highly unlikely for 295 million people to
  be immune to anything except through extensive
  vaccination
• This is just a bad answer Try Again!

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Wrong!

• Close, but in the 1960s, cholera was an epidemic
  in Asia and Africa, not North America
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