@article{351897,
      note = {Description based on print version record.},
      author = {Hamlin, Christopher,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/351897},
      title = {Cholera the biography / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Oxford University Press,},
      abstract = {Cholera is a frightening disease. Victims are wracked by  stomach cramps and suffer intense diarrhoea. Death can come  within hours.Though now seeming a distant memory in Europe,  which suffered several epidemics in the 19th century before  John Snow identified the link with water, it is still a  serious threat in many parts of the world - Zimbabwe is a  recent example. Snow's discovery was one of the great  breakthroughs of epidemiology and a wonderful story from  the history of science. Later came the discovery of the  culprit organism - Cholera vibrio - understanding of its  life cycle, and the devel},
      recid = {351897},
      pages = {1 online resource (x, 344 p.) :},
      address = {Oxford ;},
      year = {2009},
}