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Health workers in clinics and hospitals should keep their eyes peeled for signs of cholera in their patients, according to the health department. South Africa is having its first cholera outbreak in 14 years.
The head of the Centre for Enteric Diseases at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), Dr Juno Thomas, said 20% of those infected with cholera - caused by the bacteria Vibrio cholerae, which develops into acute watery diarrhoea and most patients may vomit, while fever is mostly absent.
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