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July 25, 2019- Added Information below to wiki article

July 18, 2019 - Peer Review Edits - Ashley Greenfield

3 interesting facts about your organism-

1. V. cholerae can be very dangerous in pregnant women and late stage pregnancies as it can cause premature labor or fetal death. In a study done by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Haiti. They found that women who were pregnant and contracted the disease, 16% of 900 women had fetal death. Risk factors for these deaths include: third trimester, younger maternal age, severe dehydration, and vomiting Dehydration poses the biggest health risk to pregnant women in countries that there are high rates of cholera. 3. V. cholerae has an endemic or epidemic occurrence. In countries where the disease has been for the past three years and the cases confirmed are local (within the confines of the country) transmission is considered to be "endemic." " Alternatively, an outbreak is declared when the occurrence of disease exceeds the normal occurrence for any given time or location . Epidemics can last several days or over a span of years. Additionally, countries that have an occurrence of an epidemic can also be endemic. . The longest standing V. chloerae epidemic was recorded in Yemen. Yemen had two outbreaks, the first occurred between September 2016 and April 2017, and the second began later in April 2017 and recently was considered to be resolved in 2019 . The epidemic in Yemen took over 2,500 lives and impacted over 1 million people of Yemen

2. There is a V. cholerae vaccine available to prevent disease spread. The vaccine is known as the, "oral cholera vaccine" (OCV). There are three types of OCV available for prevention: Dukoral®, Shanchol™, and Euvichol-Plus®. All three OCVs require two doses to be fully effective. Countries who are endemic or have an epidemic status are eligible to receive the vaccine based on several criteria: Risk of cholera, Severity of cholera, WASH conditions and capacity to improve, Healthcare conditions and capacity to improve, Capacity to implement OCV campaigns, Capacity to conduct M&E activities, Commitment at national and local level Since May the start of the OCV program to May 2018 over 25 million vaccines have been distributed to countries who meet the above criteria

Niche of the organism you've selected (where does it live)- In brackish or Saltwater

Gram reaction- Gram- Negative Reaction

July 12th 2019- Peer Review Questions- Nick Blanchard

How is the grammar (spelling, punctuation, capitalization, appropriate vocabulary)? In the first paragraph's first sentence, there needs to be a space between " cholerae can". Also, in the first sentence I think you meant to write "dangerous in pregnant women..." Need a comma after "...CDC in Haiti" In paragraph 3, sentence 2, I think there needs to be some rewording or added punctuation to make more sense to the sentence. Aside from that, everything looks good!

Are all species names properly formatted? Names are properly formatted.

Are there three distinct paragraphs ? There are three paragraphs.

Is each interesting fact elaborated on enough (3-4 sentences at least)? There are enough sentences.

Do any of the paragraphs leave you with further questions? No, I think that each paragraph has good information.

Are the niche and gram stain of the organism mentioned? They were mentioned.

Are 3 sources used throughout the contribution? There are more than 3 sources, all used properly.

Are citations properly formatted? Yes.

Do the links to citations work when clicked on? Link #1 works when I click on it, the other links only work if I copy and paste them first.

Is the contribution written from a neutral tone? The contribution presents with no bias and is very neutral.

Is the contribution written for a lay-audience (someone who might come across this article in the middle of the night on a wiki-binge)? Everything written seems to be very easy to understand and I think that it would be just as easy for any lay person to understand as well.

June 28, 2019- Outline for DRAFT

3 interesting facts about your organism-

1. Vibrion choleraecan be very dangerous in pregnant and late stage pregnancies as it can cause premature labor or fetal death. In a study done by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Haiti. They found that women who were pregnant and contracted the disease, 16% of 900 women had fetal death. Risk factors for these deaths include:. third trimester, younger maternal age, severe dehydration, and vomiting Dehydration poses the biggest health risk to pregnant women in countries that there are high rates of cholera. 3. Vibrio cholerae can be endemic or epidemic.In countries where the disease has been for the past three years and the cases confirmed are local transmission, meaning that it has stayed within the confines of the country identified, is considered to be "cholera endemic. " Alternatively, a cholera outbreak or epidemic can in countries that are considered to be endemic or elsewhere. An outbreak is declared when the occurrence of disease exceeds the normal occurrence for any given time or location. Epidemics can last several days or over a span of years. The longest standing V. chloerae epidemic was recorded in Yemen. Yemen had two outbreaks, the first occurred between September 2016 and April 2017, and the second began later in April 2017 and recently was considered to be resolved in 2019. The epidemic in Yemen took over 2,500 lives and impacted over 1 million people of Yemen

2. There is a V. cholerae vaccine available to aid in the prevention of disease spread, known as oral cholera vaccine (OCV). There are three types of OCV available for prevention: Dukoral®, Shanchol™, and Euvichol-Plus®. All three OCVs require two doses to be fully effective. Countries who are endemic or have an epidemic status are eligible to receive the vaccine based on several criteria: Risk of cholera, Severity of cholera, WASH conditions and capacity to improve, Healthcare conditions and capacity to improve, Capacity to implement OCV campaigns, Capacity to conduct M&E activities, Commitment at national and local level Since May the start of the OCV program to May 2018 over 25 million vaccines have been distributed to countries who meet the above criteria

Niche of the organism you've selected (where does it live)- In brackish or Saltwater

Gram reaction- Gram- Negative Reaction

June 20, 2019 - Add Citation into Article

Hand hygiene us an essential in areas where soap and water is not available. When there is no sanitation available for hand washing, scrub hands with ash or sand and rinse with clean water. with citation from CDC.

June 14, 2019- 3 Sources for V. cholerae


 * https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00404/full

Wu, et al. “Growth Phase, Oxygen, Temperature, and Starvation Affect the Development of Viable but Non-Culturable State of Vibrio Cholerae.” Frontiers, Frontiers, 14 Mar. 2016, www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00404/full.


 * https://www.cdc.gov/cholera/preventionsteps.html

“Five Basic Cholera Prevention Steps | Cholera | CDC.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov/cholera/preventionsteps.html.


 * https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1214179

Papowitz, Heather E, et al. “The Cure for Cholera - Improving Access to Safe Water and Sanitation | NEJM.” New England Journal of Medicine, Massachusetts Medical Society, www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1214179.

June 5, 2019- Article Evaluation


 * Classification


 * Gram Reaction - Gram- Negative Reaction
 * Where is the organism found?- In brackish or Saltwater
 * 3 interesting things?
 * Vibrio cholerae (V. cholerae) can be very dangerous in pregnant and late stage pregnancies as it can cause premature labor or fetal death.
 * There is a vaccine available
 * Lack of documentation of disease transfer


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * There were some spelling errors in the article that distracted from the article. In general the flow of the article seemed off as Natural genetic Information was separated from the genome section of it. Could use some rearranging for better flow.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * There is only 1 article that is from the past 5 years, other articles are out of date
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * The article is written a neutral tone throughout
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * The section on the genome is quite large and the section on preventative measures could be larger, especially for travel.
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * All of the links work and support the claims in the article
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * Neutral and noteable sources are used in the article. Sources include: CDC, The Lancet, and Molecular Microbiology
 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * There is a question on V. cholerae oxygen useage and if anyone knows about it. It would appear that more research needs to be done on this.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * It is part of the Wiki Micro and Wiki Med projects

June 1, 2019- I created a Wiki education Account