A look back at an ongoing problem: Shigella dysenteriae type 1 epidemics in refugee settings in Central Africa (1993-1995)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Kernéis, Solen ^a   Guerin, Philippe J ^a   von Seidlein, Lorenz ^b,c   Legros, Dominique ^d   Grais, Rebecca F ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b Joint Malaria Programme   (Tanzania)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d WHO ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DYSENTERY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; TREND STUDY;

SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

EID: 84887212613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004494     Document Type: Article

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