Cholera: Epidemiology and transmission. Experience from some humanitarian missions in Africa, Indian Ocean and Central America;Le choléra: Épidémiologie et transmission expérience tirée de plusieurs interventions humanitaires réalisées en Afrique, dans l'Océan Indien et en Amérique Centrale

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 345-350

  Piarroux, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Cholera; Epidemiologiy; Transmission; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HYGIENE; PLAGUE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FLUID THERAPY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDIAN OCEAN; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0036461474     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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