The dry season in Haiti: A window of opportunity to eliminate cholera

PLoS Currents

Volumn 5, Issue Outbreaks, 2013, Pages

  Rebaudet, Stanislas ^a   Gazin, Pierre ^b   Barrais, Robert ^c   Moore, Sandra ^a   Rossignol, Emmanuel ^c   Barthelemy, Nickolson ^c   Gaudart, Jean ^b   Boncy, Jacques ^c   Magloire, Roc ^c   Piarroux, Renaud ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^c Laboratory and Research   (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE; DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HAITI; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84949053612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.2193a0ec4401d9526203af12e5024ddc     Document Type: Article

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