Cholera outbreak in Baghdad in 2007: An epidemiological study;Flambée du choléra à Bagdad en 2007: Étude épidémiologique

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 460-465

  Khwaif, J M ^a   Hayyawi, A H ^b   Yousif, T I ^a  

^a Communicable Disease Control Centre Baghdad ^*  (Iraq)

^b Al Resafa Department of Health   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DRINKING WATER; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77953764765     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.6.584     Document Type: Article

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