Epidemic cholera among refugees in Malawi, Africa: Treatment and transmission

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-214

  Swerdlow, D L ^a,e   Malenga, G ^b   Begkoyian, G ^c   Nyangulu, D ^d   Toole, M ^e   Waldman, R J ^e   Puhr, D N D ^a   Tauxe, R V ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Off U Nations High Commissioner R   (Malawi)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE; DRINKING WATER; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALAWI; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PEDIATRICS; REFUGEE; REHYDRATION; RISK FACTOR; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL DISEASES; BIOLOGY; CASE FATALITY RATE; CHOLERA; DEATH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMICS; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; INFECTIONS; MALAWI; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NATURAL RESOURCES; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFUGEE CAMPS; REFUGEES; RESEARCH REPORT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLUID THERAPY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALAWI; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0030805553     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268896007352     Document Type: Article

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