Cholera outbreaks in Africa

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 379, Issue , 2014, Pages 117-144

  Mengel, Martin A ^a   Delrieu, Isabelle ^a   Heyerdahl, Leonard ^a   Gessner, Bradford D ^a  

^a Agence de Medecine Preventive   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHOLERA VACCINE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHOLERA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; FATALITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBANIZATION; VACCINATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84959228258     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: 21969965     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/82-2014-369     Document Type: Conference Paper

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