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Background: Cholera remains a leading cause of infectious disease outbreaks globally, and a major public health threat in complex em
Cholera remains a significant threat to global public health with an estimated 100,000 deaths per year.
Household water treatment (HWTS) methods, such as boiling or chlorination, have long been recommended in emergencies.
In July 2007, a study by the Centre for Environmental Health Engineering, at the University of Surrey, assessed a modified method of