The cholera outbreak in Haiti: Where and how did it begin?

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 379, Issue , 2014, Pages 145-164

  Lantagne, Daniele ^a   Balakrish Nair, G ^b   Lanata, Claudio F ^c   Cravioto, Alejandro ^d  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b TRANSLATIONAL HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Virology Program   (Peru)

^d International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHOLERA VACCINE; INFUSION FLUID; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; WATER;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHOLERA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAITI; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER; UNITED NATIONS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HAITI; HUMANS; SANITATION;

EID: 84904402755     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: 21969965     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/82-2013-331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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