Overcoming barriers in evaluating outbreaks of diarrheal disease in resource poor settings: Assessment of recurrent outbreaks in Chobe District, Botswana

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Alexander, K A ^a,b   Blackburn, J K ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b and Land use   (Botswana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Botswana; Breastfeeding; Climate; Cluster analysis; Diarrhea; Outbreak investigation; Poverty; Public health; Resource poor; Surface water; Under 5 years of age; Water quality; Water shortage

Indexed keywords

BOTSWANA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEASON; WATER SUPPLY;

BOTSWANA; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECURRENCE; SEASONS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84883074201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-775     Document Type: Article

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