Potential impact of reactive vaccination in controlling cholera outbreaks: An exploratory analysis using a Zimbabwean experience

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 659-664

  Kim, Sun Young ^a,b   Choi, Yeongchull ^a,b   Mason, Peter R ^a   Rusakaniko, Simbarashe ^c   Goldie, Sue J ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; EPIDEMIC; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FATALITY; HERD; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VACCINATION; ZIMBABWE;

CHOLERA; CHOLERA VACCINES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HERD; VACCINATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 80052577707     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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