Editing Cholera (section)

=== Zinc supplementation ===
In Bangladesh [[zinc]] supplementation reduced the duration and severity of diarrhea in children with cholera when given with antibiotics and rehydration therapy as needed. It reduced the length of disease by eight hours and the amount of diarrhea stool by 10%.<ref name=CDC2013>{{cite report|date=November 28, 2011|title=Cholera-Zinc Treatment|url=https://www.cdc.gov/cholera/treatment/zinc-treatment.html|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203084037/http://www.cdc.gov/cholera/treatment/zinc-treatment.html|archive-date=December 3, 2013}}</ref> Supplementation appears to be also effective in both treating and preventing infectious diarrhea due to other causes among children in the developing world.<ref name=CDC2013 /><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Telmesani AM | title = Oral rehydration salts, zinc supplement and rota virus vaccine in the management of childhood acute diarrhea | journal = Journal of Family & Community Medicine | volume = 17 | issue = 2 | pages = 79–82 | date = May 2010 | pmid = 21359029 | pmc = 3045093 | doi = 10.4103/1319-1683.71988 | doi-access = free }}</ref>