Cholera in the United States, 2001-2011: A reflection of patterns of global epidemiology and travel

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 695-703

  Loharikar, A ^a   Newton, A E ^b   Stroika, S ^b   Freeman, M ^b   Greene, K D ^b   Parsons, M B ^b   Bopp, C ^b   Talkington, D ^b   Mintz, E D ^b   Mahon, B E ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera; diarrhoeal disease; Haiti; Hispaniola

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEA FOOD; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ASIA; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEALTH; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEAFOOD; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927966229     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814001186     Document Type: Article

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