Cholera is caused when the bacterium Vibrio cholerae infects the small intestine. The disease is characterized by acute watery diarrhea resulting in severe dehydration. EPFL scientists have now ...

War-ravaged Sudan is battling a cholera outbreak that could spread rapidly across the country, as health experts fear. And ...

Cholera is a deadly disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, associated with poor sanitation and limited access to clean water. But it has also been found in seemingly clean places ...

In 2015, EPFL researchers led by Melanie Blokesch published a seminal paper in Science showing that the bacterium responsible for cholera, Vibrio cholerae, uses a spring-loaded spear to literally ...

Researchers experimenting with live zebrafish witnessed a 200 percent increase in the strength of intestinal contractions soon after exposure to the cholera-causing bacterium Vibrio cholerae ...

Vibrio cholerae bacteria, photo taken with a Scanning Electron Microscope. 2025 EPFL/Graham Knott et Melanie Blokesch - CC-BY-SA 4.0 EPFL researchers ...

Biofilms are important not only in causing infections, but also in the survival of cholera bacteria (Vibrio cholerae) in the environment. In regions where cholera is endemic, the bacteria live in ...