Cholera surveillance in Uganda: An analysis of notifications for the years 2007-2011

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 208, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Bwire, Godfrey ^a   Malimbo, Muggaga ^a   Makumbi, Issa ^a   Kagirita, Atek ^b   Wamala, Joseph Francis ^a   Kalyebi, Peter ^a   Bingi, Aloysius ^c   Gitta, Sheba ^c   Mukanga, David ^c   Mengel, Martin ^d   Dahlke, Melissa ^c  

^a Ministry of Health Uganda   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health Uganda   (Uganda)

^c Gulu African Field Epidemiology Network   (Uganda)

^d Agence de Medecine Preventive   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; cholera; epidemic; epidemiology; surveillance; Uganda; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHILD; CHOLERA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; SEX RATIO; UGANDA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SURVEILLANCE; UGANDA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885822729     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit203     Document Type: Article

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