Cholera in Africa: New momentum in fighting an old problem

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 391-392

  Mengel, Martin A ^a  

^a Agence de Medecine Preventive   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Cholera; Oral cholera vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHOLERA VACCINE; DRINKING WATER;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; DEATH; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SANITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SEASON;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AFRICA; CHOLERA; CHOLERA VACCINES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84902472729     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru077     Document Type: Article

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