What is 1826–1837 cholera pandemic?
The '''second cholera pandemic''' is also known as the '''Asiatic cholera pandemic'''. It was a [[cholera]] [[pandemic]] that spread from [[India]] to the entire [[West Asia]], then to the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[Americas]], and then to [[China]] and [[Japan]]. The cause of cholera was not known until later in the 19th century. Cholera and [[typhus]] are [[bacterial]] diseases. Cholera spread by the absence of, or defective, [[sewage treatment]] or defective water supply systems. Typhus is spread by [[lice]], [[chigger]]s and [[flea]]s. == Related pages == *For the disease, see [[cholera]] and [[John Snow]]. *For the development of modern [[water treatment]], see [[Joseph Bazalgette]]. *For another cause of pandemics, see [[typhus]]. {{-}} {{history-stub}} {{medicine-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1826-1837 cholera pandemic}} [[Category:1830s]] [[Category:1820s]] <!-- [[Category:Disasters in the 1830s]] [[Category:Disasters in the 1820s]] --> [[Category:Cholera pandemics|02]]