Cholera risk factors, Papua New Guinea, 2010

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rosewell, Alexander ^a,b   Addy, Benita ^c   Komnapi, Lucas ^c   Makanda, Freda ^c   Ropa, Berry ^d   Posanai, Enoch ^d   Dutta, Samir ^e   Mola, Glen ^f   Man, WY Nicola ^b   Zwi, Anthony ^b   MacIntyre, C Raina ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Angau Memorial Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

^d National Department for Health   (Papua New Guinea)

^e PORT MORESBY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Papua New Guinea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Cholera; Diagnostic accuracy; Papua New Guinea; Rapid diagnostic test; Risk factor; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; SOAP; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER SUPPLY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84868256194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-287     Document Type: Article

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