Hepatitis E outbreak, Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya, 2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1010-1012

  Ahmed, Jamal A ^a   Moturi, Edna ^b   Spiegel, Paul ^c   Schilperoord, Marian ^c   Burton, Wagacha ^b   Kassim, Nailah H ^d   Mohamed, Abdinoor ^e   Ochieng, Melvin ^e   Nderitu, Leonard ^e   Navarro Colorado, Carlos ^a   Burke, Heather ^a   Cookson, Susan ^a   Handzel, Thomas ^a   Waiboci, Lilian W ^a   Montgomery, Joel M ^a   Teshale, Eyasu ^a   Marano, Nina ^a  

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

^b United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Kenya)

^c United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

^d Kenya Red Cross Society   (Kenya)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; INCIDENCE; JAUNDICE; KENYA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84877977869     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1906.130275     Document Type: Letter

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