The cholera crisis in Africa

Science

Volumn 324, Issue 5929, 2009, Pages 885-

  Bhattacharya, S ^a   Black, R ^b   Bourgeois, L ^c   Clemens, J ^d   Cravioto, A ^e   Deen, J L ^e   Dougan, Gordon ^f   Glass, R ^g   Grais, R F ^h   Greco, M ⁱ   Gust, I ^j   Holmgren, J ^k   Kariuki, S ^l   Lambert, P H ^m   Liu, M A ⁿ   Longini, I ^o   Nair, G B ^p   Norrby, R ^q   Nossal, G J V ^j   Ogra, P ^r   Sansonetti, P ^s   Von Seidlein, L ^e   Songane, F ^t   Svennerholm, A M ^k   Steele, D ^c   Walker, R ^c   more..

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PATH   (United States)

^d International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^f WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h EPICENTRE   (France)

ⁱ University of Melbourne ^*

^j UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^l KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

ⁿ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^q SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^r UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^s INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^t UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

CHOLERA;

AFRICA; CHOLERA; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; SANITATION; SHORT SURVEY; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MASS IMMUNIZATION;

AFRICA;

AFRICA; CHOLERA; CHOLERA VACCINES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MASS IMMUNIZATION;

EID: 67649353263     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1173890     Document Type: Short Survey

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