Funerals during the 1994 cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa: The need for disinfection of bodies of persons dying of cholera

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-15

  Gunnlaugsson, G ^a   Einarsdottir J ^b   Angulo, F J ^c,d   Mentambanar, S A ^a   Passa, A ^a   Tauxe, R V ^c  

^a Regional Health Board of Biombo   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CLEANING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; DYING; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; POSTHUMOUS CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FUNERAL RITES; GUINEA-BISSAU; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031885990     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268897008170     Document Type: Article

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