Environmental factors influencing epidemic cholera

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1228-1230

  Gaudart, Jean ^a   Moore, Sandra ^a   Rebaudet, Stanislas ^a   Piarroux, Martine ^b   Barrais, Robert ^c   Boncy, Jacques ^c   Piarroux, Renaud ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^c Laboratory and Research   (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

AFRICA; AIR TEMPERATURE; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAITI; HUMAN; LETTER; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84890405142     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0499a     Document Type: Letter

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