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cholera

vr.tr.cholera · thing-q12090

Let an agent explain cholera, transmission, prevention and treatment in general terms, and point to WHO and public health guidance, without diagnosing.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Disease Which form.

Agent

Serogroup.

Agent

Serogroup and biotype.

  1. Which serogroup? provenance
  2. Per which laboratory? provenance

Setting

Endemic or outbreak.

Setting

Type.

  1. Endemic or outbreak? boundary
  2. Per which agency? provenance
Transmission Spread.

Sources

Contamination.

Source

Description.

  1. What is the likely source? provenance
  2. Per which investigation? provenance

Prevention

Measures.

Prevention

Measure.

  1. Which prevention measures? provenance
  2. Per WHO guidance? provenance
Care Treatment.

Rehydration

Fluids.

Rehydration

Approach.

  1. Which rehydration approach? provenance
  2. Per which guideline? provenance

Vaccines

Prevention.

Vaccine

Name.

  1. Which vaccines are available? provenance
  2. Per WHO prequalification? provenance
Surveillance Data.

Cases

Counts.

Cases

Suspected, probable and confirmed cases, with reporting authority, case definition and period.

  1. How many cases? measurement
  2. Per which report? provenance

Response

Actions.

Response

Action.

  1. What response is under way? provenance
  2. By which agency? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.ACT
Other names and narrower kinds
cholera infantum, Vibrio cholerae O139 cholera, El Tor cholera

What it is Filled

An acute diarrhoeal infection of the small intestine caused by toxigenic strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae (serogroups O1 and O139), spread through contaminated water and food; severe cases cause rapid dehydration and can be fatal within hours without treatment, which is mainly oral or intravenous rehydration.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain cholera, transmission, prevention and treatment in general terms, and point to WHO and public health guidance, without diagnosing.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Most infected people have mild or no symptoms but can spread the bacteria.
  • Oral rehydration solution can treat most cases; antibiotics are added for severe cases.
  • Oral cholera vaccines are WHO-prequalified and used in outbreaks through a global stockpile.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • diagnose or prescribe

Only with a human decision

  • suspected cases to health services urgently

May

  • give general information and point to WHO guidance

Moral aspects Filled

  • health equity
  • access to clean water

Who is affected

  • affected communities

Owners Filled

Steward

nobody; a disease

Master systems

  • WHO
  • ICD (WHO)

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1049711 - registry parent class
  • Q131345497 - registry parent class
  • Q18553247 - registry parent class
  • Q2006636 - registry parent class
  • Q2970970 - registry parent class
  • Q936236 - registry parent class

related

  • Vibrio cholerae - bacterium
  • water, sanitation and hygiene - measures
  • oral rehydration therapy - treatment
  • Global Task Force on Cholera Control - coordination

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.cholera
  • Wikidata: Q12090 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12090)
  • ICD-10: A00 cholera
  • ICD-11: 1A00 cholera

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • incubation period: about 12 hours to 5 days - per WHO

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Profuse watery 'rice-water' diarrhoea; diagnosis by clinicians and laboratories

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain causes and transmission
  • explain prevention (water, sanitation, vaccines)
  • explain treatment principles (rehydration)
  • point to outbreak information from WHO

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Rapid death from dehydration
  • Large outbreaks after disasters and conflict

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • International Health Regulations (2005), with notification decided through the Annex 2 assessment
  • WHO cholera guidelines and Ending Cholera roadmap 2030

Context of use required Filled

  • Vibrio cholerae O1 (classical and El Tor biotypes)
  • Vibrio cholerae O139
  • endemic cholera
  • epidemic cholera

Sources Filled

  1. Q12090 - identity of the registry item, labels and sitelinks
  2. Cholera - general description of the subject
  3. Cholera - Transmission, incubation, symptoms, dehydration, general treatment principles, prevention, vaccination and the 2030 roadmap.
  4. Cholera - CDC Yellow Book - Toxigenic O1 and O139, classical and El Tor biotypes, and distinction from other cholera-like infections.
  5. WHO guidance for the use of Annex 2 - Conditional IHR notification; includes a cholera outbreak example that does not meet notification criteria.
  6. National case definition: Cholera - Clinical and laboratory distinctions; ICD-11 1A00 and ICD-10 A00 subcategories.
  7. Cholera Outbreak Toolbox - Suspected, probable and confirmed outbreak definitions.
  8. Cholera Infantum - Separate concept for cholera infantum; supports retaining the draft's merge-review question.

Open questions

  • The registry merges cholera infantum, a historical term for infant diarrhoea not caused by Vibrio cholerae; it needs review.

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q12090/spec.json