Outbreak of beriberi among African union troops in Mogadishu, Somalia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Watson, John T ^a   Bushra, Hassan ^a   Lebo, Emmaculate J ^b   Bwire, Godfrey ^c   Kiyengo, James ^c   Emukule, Gideon ^b   Omballa, Victor ^b,d   Tole, John ^e   Zuberi, Muvunyi ^f   Breiman, Robert F ^b   Katz, Mark A ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (Uganda)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^f African Union Headquarters   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE; TRANSKETOLASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BERIBERI; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART FAILURE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; SOMALIA; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING; ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BERIBERI; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOMALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83755229317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028345     Document Type: Article

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