Laboratory-confirmed cholera and rotavirus among patients with acute diarrhea in four hospitals in Haiti, 2012-2013

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 641-646

  Steenland, Maria W ^a,b   Joseph, Gerard A ^a,b   Lucien, Mentor Ali Ber ^a,b   Freeman, Nicole ^a,b   Hast, Marisa ^a,b   Nygren, Benjamin L ^a,b   Leshem, Eyal ^a,b   Juin, Stanley ^a,b   Parsons, Michele B ^a,b   Talkington, Deborah F ^a,b   Mintz, Eric D ^a,b   Vertefeuille, John ^a,b   Balajee, S Arunmozhi ^a,b   Boncy, Jacques ^a,b   Katz, Mark A ^a,b  

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

^b National Public Health Laboratory   (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAITI; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SALMONELLA; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA; TOXICOGENETICS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; COMPLICATION; DIARRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HAITI; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886062462     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0307     Document Type: Article

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