Cholera epidemiology in mozambique using national surveillance data

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 208, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Gujral, Lorna ^a   Sema, Cynthia ^b   Rebaudet, Stanislas ^c   Taibo, Catia Luciana Abulfattahe ^d   Manjate, Alice Afonso ^d   Piarroux, Renaud ^c   Gessner, Bradford D ^e   Jani, Ilesh V ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^e Agence de Medecine Preventive   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; cholera; epidemiology; mapping; Mozambique; spatial mapping; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOZAMBIQUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MAPPING; MOZAMBIQUE; SPATIAL MAPPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MOZAMBIQUE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885728879     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit212     Document Type: Article

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