A cholera epidemic in Sekong province, Lao people's Democratic republic, December 2007-January 2008

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 204-207

  Lenglet, Annick ^a   Khamphaphongphane, Bouaphanh ^b   Thebvongsa, Phetsamay ^c   Vongprachanh, Phengta ^b   Sithivong, Noikaseumsy ^b   Chantavisouk, Chitsavang ^a   Tsuyuoka, Reiko ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Ministry of Health   (Sweden)

^c Provincial Health Office of Sekong Province   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAOS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77953333522     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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