Oral cholera vaccine and integrated cholera control in Haiti

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9831, 2012, Pages 2026-2028

  Ivers, Louise C ^a,b,c   Farmer, Paul E ^a,b,c   Pape, William J ^d,e  

^a PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Department of Adolescent Medicine   (Haïti)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE; WATER;

CHOLERA; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; HAITI; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNIZATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84861617157     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60832-0     Document Type: Note

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