Cholera outbreak in districts around Lake Chilwa, Malawi: Lessons learned

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 29-33

  Khonje, Amin ^a   Metcalf, Carol Ann ^a   Diggle, Emma ^a   Mlozowa, Dudley ^b   Jere, Chandiwira ^b   Akesson, Ann ^a   Corbet, Tom ^a   Chimanga, Zachariah ^b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LAKE; MALAWI; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAKES; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867018825     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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