Cholera in United States associated with epidemic in Hispaniola

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2166-2168

  Newton, Anna E ^a,b   Heiman, Katherine E ^a,b   Schmitz, Ann ^a,c   Török, Tom ^a,c   Apostolou, Andria ^a,d   Hanson, Heather ^e   Gounder, Prabhu ^a,e   Bohm, Susan ^f   Kurkjian, Katie ^a,g   Parsons, Michele ^a   Talkington, Deborah ^a   Stroika, Steven ^a   Madoff, Lawrence C ^h   Elson, Franny ^h   Sweat, David ⁱ   Cantu, Venessa ^j   Akwari, Okey ^k   Mahon, Barbara E ^a   Mintz, Eric D ^a  

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

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

^c FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

^e NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^g Virginia Department of Health   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ North Carolina Division of Public Health   (United States)

^j TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^k Houston Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CHOLERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; REHYDRATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84930484526     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1711.110808     Document Type: Article

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