Monsoon-related flooding may lead to increased risk of waterborne diseases, such as typhoid, cholera, diarrhoea, stomach Infections, etc. And the germs that can cause these diseases may be present ...

Typhoid fever presents itself with symptoms that are almost similar to malaria and dengue fever. [iStockphoto] I have seen many cases of typhoid disease. Typhoid fever, also known as enteric fever ...

Untreated, cholera can kill within hours of the first symptoms. It causes profuse diarrhea, and victims can lose gallons of water per day. The treatment is hardly high-tech—oral rehydration ...

A fourth UK cholera case did not travel, but reported consuming holy water (brought back from Ethiopia by one of the returned travellers) before experiencing symptoms. “This returned traveller ...