Cholera

The cholera toxin (CTX or CT) is an oligomeric complex made up of six protein subunits: a single copy of the A subunit (part A), and five copies of the B subunit (part B), connected by a disulfide bond. The five B subunits form ...

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Cholera symptoms and signs include a rapid onset of copious, smelly diarrhea that resembles rice water and may lead to signs of dehydration.For example, vomiting, wrinkled skin, low blood pressure, dry mouth, rapid heart rate. ...

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Cholera is an acute Diarrhoeal disease caused by V. Cholerae. It is seen in many countries of the world mainly the poor third world countries. Libya has no epidemic cases since 1970. Cholera is no longer the dreaded disease ...

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Just wanted to add in...one of the mechanisms is direct stimulation of chloride secretion by enterocytes, which is a result of the cholera toxin, but I don't really understand what this is/I can't find much information on it. This mechanism is responsible for secretory diarrhea

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Hi all, I''m trying to understand how cholera symptoms are developed, and all I know so far is that the cholera toxin (CT) is responsible for the main symptom of cholera, which is secretory diarrhea. More specifically, CT is an A-B5 subunit-type ...

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