Recurrent cholera epidemics in Kano - Northern Nigeria

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 34-38

  Usman, Abdulmumini ^a   Sarkinfada, F ^b   Mufunda, J ^c   Nyarang'o, P ^c   Mansur, K ^d,e   Daiyabu, T M ^d,e  

^a WHO   (Eritrea)

^b BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c Orotta School of Medicine   (Eritrea)

^d Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^e Department of PHC and DC   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NIGERIA; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33845925027     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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