Combating cholera epidemics by targeting reservoirs of infection and transmission routes: A review

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 150-155

  Nyamogoba, H D N ^a   Obala, A A ^a   Kakai, R ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CHOLERA; COMPACT DISK; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERNET; KENYA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POVERTY; REVIEW;

EID: 0036301985     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v79i3.8896     Document Type: Review

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