1899–1923 cholera pandemic: Difference between revisions

[[Image:Cholera.jpg|thumb|Drawing of [[Death (personification)|Death]] bringing the cholera, in ''[[Le Petit Journal (newspaper)|Le Petit Journal]]'' (1912).]]

 

The '''sixth cholera pandemic''' (1899–1923) was a major outbreak of [[cholera]] beginning in India, where it killed more than 800,000 people, and spreading to the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe and Russia.<ref>{{cite news |coauthors= |title=Cholera's seven pandemics |url=http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/05/09/f-cholera-outbreaks.html |quote=At the turn of the century, the sixth pandemic killed more than 800,000 in India before moving into the Middle East, northern Africa, Russia and parts of Europe. By 1923, cholera had receded from most of the world, although many cases were still present in India. |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=December 2, 2008 |accessdate=2008-12-11 }}</ref>

 

According to [[Leonard Rogers]], following an outbreak of cholera at the [[Haridwar Kumbh Mela]], the epidemic spread to Europe via [[Punjab, British India|Punjab]], Afghanistan, Persia, and southern Russia.<ref name="RD_time_trends">{{cite web |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/19328/7/07_chapter%203.pdf |title=Time Trends of Cholera in India : An Overview |author=R. Dasgupta |publisher=INFLIBNET |accessdate=13 December 2015 }}</ref><ref>Rogers, L. (1926). [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1948673/ The Conditions Influencing the Incidence and Spread of Cholera in India]. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 19(Sect Epidemiol State Med), 59–93.</ref>