Investigation of a cholera outbreak in Ethiopia's Oromiya Region

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 312-317

  Bartels, Susan A ^a,b   Greenough, P Gregg ^b,c   Tamar, M ^b   Van Rooyen, Michael J ^b,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute watery diarrhea; Cholera; Ethiopia; Oromiya; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; STATISTICS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551593906     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2010.44     Document Type: Article

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