Impact of temperature variability on cholera incidence in Southeastern Africa, 1971-2006

EcoHealth

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 340-345

  Paz, Shlomit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cholera; Global warming; Sea surface temperature; Southeastern Africa; Temperature variability

Indexed keywords

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; SEA; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; CHOLERA; HUMANS; OCEANS AND SEAS; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77957372640     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-009-0264-7     Document Type: Article

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