Elimination of cholera transmission in Haiti and the Dominican Republic

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9812, 2012, Pages

  Periago, Mirta Roses ^a   Frieden, Thomas R ^b   Tappero, Jordan W ^b   De Cock, Kevin M ^b   Aasen, Bernt ^c   Andrus, Jon K ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

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

^c Latin America and Caribbean Office   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE; DRINKING WATER;

CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHLORINATION; CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EARTHQUAKE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD HANDLING; HAITI; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; NOTE; POPULATION GROWTH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; TYPHOID FEVER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84856116963     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60031-2     Document Type: Note

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