Rapid assessment of cholera-related deaths, artibonite department, Haiti, 2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2139-2142

  Routh, Janell A ^c   Loharikar, Anagha ^a,c   Fouché, Marie Délivrance Bernadette ^a   Cartwright, Emily J ^b,c   Roy, Sharon L ^c   Ailes, Elizabeth ^d   Archer, W Roodly ^c   Tappero, Jordan W ^c   Roels, Thierry H ^c   Dahourou, Georges ^e   Quick, Robert E ^c  

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

^b Laboratoire National de Sante Publique   (Haïti)

^c Ihrc Inc   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 84930482915     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1711.110747     Document Type: Article

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