Understanding the cholera epidemic, Haiti

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1161-1167

  Piarroux, Renaud ^a   Barrais, Robert ^b   Faucher, Benoît ^a   Haus, Rachel ^c   Piarroux, Martine ^d   Gaudart, Jean ^a   Magloire, Roc ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Laboratory and Research   (Haïti)

^c Service de Santé des Armées État Major de la Marine   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHOLERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL PLAIN; EPIDEMIC; HAITI; INFECTION RISK; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION;

CHOLERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMICS; HAITI; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; SANITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79959898835     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1707.110059     Document Type: Article

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