Epidemiologic study of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 in Thailand: At the advancing edge of the eighth pandemic

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-268

  Hoge, Charles W ^a,c   Bodhidatta, Ladaporn ^a   Echeverria, Peter ^a   Deesuwan, Mantana ^b   Kitporka, Paisal ^b  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b Samutsakhon General Hospital   (Thailand)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

cholera; epidemiologic factors; risk factors; Vibrio cholerae; Vibrio infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; THAILAND; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0030061942     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008737     Document Type: Article

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