Short report: Does water hyacinth on East African lakes promote cholera outbreaks?

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 370-373

  Feikin, Daniel R ^a   Tabu, Collins W ^a   Gichuki, John ^b  

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

^b KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HYACINTHUS; KENYA; LAKE; NONHUMAN; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER HYACINTH; ECOSYSTEM; EICHHORNIA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

FRESH WATER; RAIN;

CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; EICHHORNIA; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; KENYA; POPULATION DENSITY; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955592098     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0645     Document Type: Article

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