A lion in our village - The unconscionable tragedy of cholera in Africa

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1060-1063

  Mintz, Eric D ^a   Guerrant, Richard L ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHOLERA; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 62349134979     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0810559     Document Type: Article

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