Emergence of cholera in the Central African Republic

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 888-890

  Germani, Y ^c   Quilici, M L ^a   Glaziou, P ^c   Mattera, D ^b   Morvan, J ^c   Fournier, J M ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Lab Natl de Biologie C   (Central African Republic)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RIBOTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHOLERA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032406646     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050217     Document Type: Article

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