Why treatment centres failed to prevent cholera deaths among Rwandan refugees in Goma, Zaire

The Lancet

Volumn 345, Issue 8946, 1995, Pages 359-361

  Siddique, A K ^a   Akram, K ^a   Zaman, K ^a   Laston, S ^a   Salam, A ^b   Majumdar, R N ^b   Islam, M S ^c   Fronczak, N ^d  

^a Community Health Division International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research ^*  (Bangladesh)

^b Clinical Science Division International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research ^*  (Bangladesh)

^c Laboratory Science Division International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research ^*  (Bangladesh)

^d Family Planning and Population Division International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; INFUSION FLUID; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RWANDA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0028869425     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(95)90344-5     Document Type: Article

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