Clinical and environmental surveillance for vibrio cholerae in resource constrained areas: Application during a 1-year surveillance in the Far North Region of Cameroon

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 537-543

  Debes, Amanda K ^a   Ateudjieu, Jerome ^b   Guenou, Etienne ^c   Ebile, Walter ^c   Sonkoua, Isaac Tadzong ^c   Njimbia, Anthony Chebe ^c   Steinwald, Peter ^a   Ram, Malathi ^a   Sack, David A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^c M A SANTE Meilleure Access aux soins de Santé   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHOLERA; CHOLERA RAPID TEST; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DNA EXTRACTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER SUPPLY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARDS; TEST STRIP; TIME FACTOR;

BACTERIAL DNA; TEST STRIP;

ADOLESCENT; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84960840631     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0496     Document Type: Article

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