Dynamics of cholera outbreaks in great Lakes region of Africa, 1978-2008

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2026-2034

  Nkoko, Didier Bompangue ^a,b   Giraudoux, Patrick ^a   Plisnier, Pierre Denis ^c   Tinda, Annie Mutombo ^b   Piarroux, Martine ^a   Sudre, Bertrand ^a   Horion, Stephanie ^d   Tamfum, Jean Jacques Muyembe ^b,e   Ilunga, Benoît Kebela ^b   Piarroux, Renaud ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale   (Congo)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^g TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BURUNDI; CHOLERA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EL NINO; EPIDEMIC; FISHING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; METAPOPULATION; PLANKTON; RWANDA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TANZANIA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 84930483468     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1711.110170     Document Type: Article

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