The disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae is characterized by: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae is characterized by:
A. Bloody diarrhea
B. High fever and rash
C. Severe watery diarrhea (rice-water stools)
D. Persistent cough
Answer: Option C
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Cholera, caused by Vibrio cholerae, produces cholera toxin that stimulates massive secretion of water and electrolytes into the intestinal lumen, leading to profuse, watery diarrhea resembling rice water, causing rapid dehydration. Treatment is oral rehydration therapy and antibiotics. Typhoid causes fever, dysentery causes bloody stools.

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