An outbreak of cholera among migrants living in a Thai-Myanmar border area

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1433-1440

  Swaddiwudhipong, Witaya ^a   Ngamsaithong, Chokchai ^b   Peanumlom, Pongpot ^a   Hannarong, Sriwan ^c  

^a MAE SOT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c Mae Sot District Health Office   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cholera; Migrant; Outbreak; Thai Myanmar border; V. cholerae

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MYANMAR; PREVALENCE; SEA FOOD; THAILAND; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52949087900     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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