Investigation of elevated case-fatality rate in poliomyelitis outbreak in pointe Noire, Republic of Congo, 2010

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1299-1306

  Gregory, Christopher J ^a   Ndiaye, Serigne ^a   Patel, Minal ^a   Hakizamana, Elisaphan ^b   Wannemuehler, Kathleen ^a   Ndinga, Edouard ^c   Chu, Susan ^a   Talani, Pascal ^d   Kretsinger, Katrina ^a  

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

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Health   (United States)

^d Faculty of Health Sciences   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR;

ACUTE FLACCID PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGO; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868031211     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis715     Document Type: Article

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