Herd protection and herd amplification in cholera

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Sack, David A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE; INACTIVATED VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BANGLADESH; BREAST MILK; CHOLERA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; EDITORIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEASLES VACCINATION; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; CHOLERA VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HERD; VACCINES, INACTIVATED;

EID: 33745618971     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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