Multinational cholera outbreak after wedding in the Dominican Republic

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2172-2174

  Jiménez, Mercedes Laura ^a,b   Apostolou, Andria ^c,d   Suarez, Alba Jazmin Palmera ^e   Meyer, Luis ^b   Hiciano, Salvador ^b   Newton, Anna ^d,f   Organ, Oliver ^d   Then, Cecilia ^b   Pimentel, Raquel ^b  

^a Field Epidemiology Training Program   (Dominican Republic)

^b Ministerio de Salud Pública   (Dominican Republic)

^c NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

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

^e Pan American Health Organization   (Dominican Republic)

^f Atlanta Research and Education Foundation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HAITI; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84930483147     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1711.111263     Document Type: Article

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