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NHS Lists Symptoms of Cholera After 'First UK Death' in More than a Century
The man tested positive for a non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae strain that does not cause classic cholera but led to severe illness and death, with no recent travel history.
- On Tuesday afternoon, the man died at George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton, Warwickshire after falling ill last week with vomiting and diarrhoea.
- UKHSA confirmed a positive test for Non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae, and the man had not been abroad recently, prompting investigations into his infection source.
- Relatives said they first suspected norovirus and called NHS 111 as his condition deteriorated, and hospital staff quarantined him with his eldest son allowed bedside in full PPE.
- UKHSA has not acknowledged a cholera diagnosis, and specialists are re-checking test results for a possible false positive, with the first Victorian-era death since 1901 potentially at stake.
- Nineteenth-Century outbreaks killed tens of thousands in Britain, with Victorian-era cholera epidemics eliminated by public-health engineering projects; globally, 1.3-4 million cases occur yearly, 80 percent treatable.
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Pensioner, 80, dies of suspected cholera - fears of first-of-its-kind case in Britain in 125 years
A pensioner in his 80s has died from a suspected case of cholera at a hospital in the Midlands - believed to be Britain's first death from the disease in 125 years
·London, United Kingdom
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