Cholera outbreak in southern Tanzania: Risk factors and patterns of transmission

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 583-587

  Acosta, Camilo J ^a,b   Galindo, Claudia M ^a,b   Kimario, John ^a   Senkoro, Kesheni ^a   Urassa, Honorathy ^a   Casals, Climent ^b   Corachán, Manuel ^b   Eseko, N ^c   Tanner, Marcel ^d   Mshinda, Hassan ^a   Lwilla, Fred ^e   Vila, Jordi ^b   Alonso, Pedro L ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e District Medical Office   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; RISK FACTOR; TANZANIA;

EID: 0034906718     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0707.017741     Document Type: Article

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