Cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau (2008): The importance of "Place"

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Luquero, Francisco J ^a,b   Banga, Cunhate Na ^c   Remartínez, Daniel ^d   Palma, Pedro Pablo ^d   Baron, Emanuel ^a   Grais, Rebeca F ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c Ministry of Health   (Guinea-Bissau)

^d Nutrición Sin Fronteras   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955759800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019005     Document Type: Article

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