Cholera surveillance during the Haiti epidemic - The first 2 years

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 599-609

  Barzilay, Ezra J ^a   Schaad, Nicolas ^a   Magloire, Roc ^b   Mung, Kam S ^c   Boncy, Jacques ^d   Dahourou, Georges A ^a   Mintz, Eric D ^a   Steenland, Maria W ^a   Vertefeuille, John F ^a   Tappero, Jordan W ^a  

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

^b Programme Nationale de Lutte Contre la Tuberculose   (Haïti)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Haïti)

^d Laboratoire National de Sante Publique   (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHOLERA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; HAITI; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VOMITING;

EID: 84873650565     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1204927     Document Type: Article

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