Nepalese origin of cholera epidemic in Haiti

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Frerichs, R R ^a   Keim, P S ^b,c   Barrais, R ^d   Piarroux, R ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ministry of Public Health and Population   (Haïti)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cholera; Disease transmission; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Haiti; Infectious; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHOLERA; CLIMATE; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HAITI; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED NATIONS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84861002841     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03841.x     Document Type: Article

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