Editing El Tor (section)

==Epidemiology==
An El Tor infection is relatively mild, or at least rarely fatal, and patients are asymptomatic for about a week. El Tor is able to survive in the body longer than classical [[cholera]] vibrios. This characteristic allows carriers to infect a greater population of people. In fact, ''V. cholerae'' biotype eltor can be isolated from water sources in the absence of an outbreak of cases. In extreme cases, persons can become long-term carriers; for example, Cholera Dolores, who tested vibrio positive nine years after her primary infection. El Tor is transmitted by the fecal-oral route.  This route is the consequence of infected persons defecating near a water source, and uninfected persons consuming contaminated water. In addition, the bacteria can be transmitted by consuming uncooked food fertilized with [[human feces]]. Treatment of a cholera infection consists of replenishing lost fluid and electrolytes by intravenous or oral solutions, and by [[antibiotic]]s.<ref name="Barua1972" /> El Tor outbreaks can be prevented by better standards of sanitation, filtering and boiling water,<ref>
{{cite journal
 |author1=Jude, B.A. |author2=Kirn, T.J. |author3=& Taylor, R.K. |title= A colonization factor links ''Vibrio cholerae'' environmental survival and human infection
 |journal= Nature
 |volume= 438
 |issue=7069
 |pages=863–6
 |year=2005
 |pmid= 16341015
 |doi= 10.1038/nature04249
|bibcode=2005Natur.438..863K |s2cid=1964530 }}</ref> thoroughly cooking seafood, and washing vegetables and fruits before consumption.