Cholera in Mexico: The paradoxical benefits of the last pandemic

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-13

  Sepúlveda, Jaime ^a   Valdespino, José Luis ^a   García García, Lourdes ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cholera; Control program; Mexico; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CHOLERA; COMMUNITY; DIARRHEA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEXICO; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOURISM; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 29344452442     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.05.005     Document Type: Review

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