Protection from cholera by adding lime juice to food - Results from community and laboratory studies in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 418-422

  Rodrigues, Amabélia ^a,c   Sandström, Anita ^b   Cá, Tomé ^c   Steinsland, Hans ^c   Jensen, Henrik ^d   Aaby, Peter ^d  

^a Ministério de Saude Publica   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Ministerio de Saude Pub ^*

^d DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Food preparation; Guinea bissau; Inhibition; Lime juice; V. cholerae

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA; FOOD SUPPLY; LIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIOSTASIS; CHILD; CHOLERA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT JUICE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; CITRUS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

GUINEA-BISSAU;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0033940853     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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