The "first" case of cholera in Haiti: Lessons for global health

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-38

  Ivers, Louise C ^a,b,c   Walton, David A ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; HAITI; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADULT; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FATAL OUTCOME; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84855686644     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0435     Document Type: Article

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