Risk factors for cholera transmission in Haiti during inter-peak periods: Insights to improve current control strategies from two case-control studies

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1625-1635

  Grandesso, F ^a   Allan, M ^a   Jean Simon, P S J ^b   Boncy, J ^c   Blake, A ^a   Pierre, R ^d   Alberti, K P ^a   Munger, A ^b   Elder, G ^b   Olson, D ^b   Porten, K ^a   Luquero, F J ^a  

^a Clinical Research Department Epicentre   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c Programme Nationale de Lutte Contre la Tuberculose   (Haïti)

^d Direction Sanitaire de l'Artibonite ^*  (Haïti)

Author keywords

Cholera; endemic; epidemic; Haiti; prevention; risk factors; transmission; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED WATER; DRINKING WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHOLERA; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARTHQUAKE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HAITI; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PIG FARMING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHLORINATION; CHOLERA RAPID TEST; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DIARRHEA; HEALTH EDUCATION; MASS MEDIUM; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902439056     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813002562     Document Type: Article

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