Epidemiological features of epidemic cholera (El Tor) in Zimbabwe

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 378-382

  Bradley, M ^a   Shakespeare, R ^a,e   Ruwende, A ^b   Woolhouse, M E J ^c   Mason, E ^d   Munatsi, A ^a  

^a Blair Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^b Box 323 ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Southampton S W Hampshire Hlth C   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholera; Epidemics; Mathematical models; Vibrio cholerae El Tor

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOZAMBIQUE; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUGEE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ZIMBABWE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0029815004     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90512-X     Document Type: Article

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