Cholera in endemic districts in Uganda during El Niño rains: 2002 - 2003

African Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-97

  Alajo, Scholastica O ^b   Nakavuma, Jessica ^a   Erume, Joseph ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EL NINO; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; UGANDA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLERA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RAIN; SEASONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 34347375517     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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