Seasonality of cholera from 1974 to 2005: A review of global patterns

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Emch, Michael ^a,b   Feldacker, Caryl ^b,c   Sirajul, Sirajul M ^d   Ali, Mohammad ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^e International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; DISEASE SPREAD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL CYCLE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; SEASON; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AFRICA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHOLERA; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; SEASONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 47949105508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-31     Document Type: Review

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