Cholera's western front

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9757, 2010, Pages 1961-1965

  Harris, Jason B ^a,b   Larocque, Regina C ^a,b   Charles, Richelle C ^a,b   Mazumder, Ramendra N ^c   Khan, Azharul I ^c   Bardhan, Pradip K ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CHOLERA VACCINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; CHOLERA; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FLUID THERAPY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; NOTE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78650174436     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62172-1     Document Type: Note

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