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A bacterium called Vibrio cholerae causes cholera infection.

A bacterium called Vibrio cholerae causes cholera infection.

There have been five confirmed cases of cholera in South Africa, including one death.

Health Minister Joe Phaahla announced last week that a 24-year-old male, residing in Emandleni Wattville, Benoni, died a few days after he presented with profuse watery diarrhoea.

Cholera is a "diarrhoeal disease caused by a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae", according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).

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