A new era in the history of cholera: The road to elimination

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1537-1540

  Sack, David A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE; ENTEROTOXIN; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHOLERA; DISEASE ELIMINATION; EDITORIAL; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REHYDRATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHOLERA; CHOLERA VACCINES; DISEASE ERADICATION; FLUID THERAPY; GOALS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 84892458866     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt229     Document Type: Editorial

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