Meeting Cholera's challenge to Haiti and the world: A joint statement on cholera prevention and care

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Farmer, Paul ^a,b,c   Almazor, Charles Patrick ^c   Bahnsen, Emily T ^a,c   Barry, Donna ^b,c   Bazile, Junior ^c   Bloom, Barry R ^d   Bose, Niranjan ^e   Brewer, Thomas ^e   Calderwood, Stephen B ^a,f   Clemens, John D ^g   Cravioto, Alejandro ^h   Eustache, Eddy ^c   Jérôme, Gregory ^c   Gupta, Neha ^a   Harris, Jason B ^a,f   Hiatt, Howard H ^a,b   Holstein, Cassia ^a,c   Hotez, Peter J ^i,j,k,l   Ivers, Louise C ^a,b,c   Kerry, Vanessa B ^a,f   Koenig, Serena P ^a,b,c   LaRocque, Regina C ^f   Léandre, Fernet ^c   Lambert, Wesler ^c   Lyon, Evan ^c   Mekalanos, John J ^a   Mukherjee, Joia S ^a,b,c   Oswald, Cate ^c   Pape, Jean William ^m,n   Prosper, Anany Gretchko ^c   Rabinovich, Regina ^e   Raymonville, Maxi ^c   Réjouit, Jean Renold ^c   Ronan, Laurence J ^f   Rosenberg, Mark L ^o   Ryan, Edward T ^a,f   Sachs, Jeffrey D ^p   Sack, David A ^q   Surena, Claude ^r   Suri, Arjun A ^a   Ternier, Ralph ^c   Waldor, Matthew K ^b   Walton, David ^a,b,c   Weigel, Jonathan L ^a,c   more..

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^h INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

ⁱ American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene   (United States)

^j GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^k The George Washington University ^*  (United States)

^l SABIN VACCINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^m WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁿ Department of Adolescent Medicine   (Haïti)

^o Task Force for Global Health   (United States)

^p Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^q JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^r Haitian Medical Association   (Haïti)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CHOLERA VACCINE; DOXYCYCLINE; MORCVAX; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; SHANCHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE FINDING; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HAITI; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VACCINATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VOMITING; WATER TREATMENT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

CHOLERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HAITI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79957986284     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001145     Document Type: Article

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