Household fish preparation hygiene and cholera transmission in Monrovia, Liberia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 727-731

  Scheelbeek, Pauline ^a   Treglown, Samuel ^a   Reid, Tony ^a   Maes, Peter ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fish preparation; Hygiene; Liberia; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; FISH; FOOD PROCESSING; HAND WASHING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LIBERIA; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 74549217430     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.615     Document Type: Article

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