Epidemiological characteristics of cholera in Singapore, 1992-2007

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 507-512

  Wong, Chia Siong ^a   Ang, Li Wei ^b   James, Lyn ^b   Goh, Kee Tai ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

O139; Outbreaks; Seafood; Vibrio cholerae O1

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOTYPE; CHILD; CHOLERA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEA FOOD; SEROTYPE; SINGAPORE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77956073451     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.v39n7p507     Document Type: Article

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