The high burden of cholera in children: Comparison of incidence from endemic areas in Asia and Africa

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Deen, Jacqueline L ^a   von Seidlein, Lorenz ^a   Sur, Dipika ^b   Agtini, Magdarina ^c   Lucas, Marcelino E S ^d   Lopez, Lena ^a   Kim, Deok Ryn ^a   Ali, Mohammad ^a   Clemens, John D ^a  

^a International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Indonesia)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHOLERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INDONESIA; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MOZAMBIQUE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE;

EID: 48949118014     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000173     Document Type: Article

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