National surveillance data on the epidemiology of cholera in Kenya, 1997-2010

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 208, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Mutonga, David ^a   Langat, Daniel ^a   Mwangi, David ^a   Tonui, Julia ^b   Njeru, Mercy ^b   Abade, Ahmed ^c   Irura, Zephania ^a   Njeru, Ian ^a   Dahlke, Melissa ^d  

^a Division of Disease Surveillance and Response   (United States)

^b Center for Microbiological Research   (United States)

^c Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^d African Field Epidemiology Network ^*  (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; cholera; epidemiology; Kenya; surveillance; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHOLERA; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DESERT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECURRENT INFECTION; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMIARID CLIMATE; TREND STUDY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; KENYA; SURVEILLANCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885800681     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit201     Document Type: Article

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