Cholera epidemic in Haiti, 2010: Using a transmission model to explain spatial spread of disease and identify optimal control interventions

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 593-601

  Tuite, Ashleigh R ^a   Tien, Joseph ^b   Eisenberg, Marisa ^b   Earn, David J D ^c   Ma, Junling ^d   Fisman, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HAITI; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79955765273     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-9-201105030-00334     Document Type: Article

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