An outbreak of el tor cholera associated with a tribal funeral in Irian Jaya, Indonesia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 550-554

  Korthuis, P Todd ^a   Jones, Trevor R ^a   Lesmana, Murad ^a   Clark, Sandra M ^b   Okoseray, Maurits ^c   Ingkokusumo, Gunawan ^d   Wignall, F Stephen ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

^b PT Freeport Indonesia Pub Hlth M   (United States)

^c Timika Community Health Center   (Indonesia)

^d Department of Public Health ^*  (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CLASSIFICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FUNERAL RITES; HUMANS; INDONESIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032152538     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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