A large cholera outbreak in Kano City, Nigeria: The importance of hand washing with soap and the danger of street-vended water

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-52

  Hutin, Yvan ^a   Luby, Stephen ^b   Paquet, Christophe ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Cholera; Disease outbreaks; Hand hygiene; Waterborne diseases

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHOLERA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOAPS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 3343001654     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2003.0006     Document Type: Article

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