Eliminating cholera transmission in Haiti

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 376, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 101-103

  Ivers, Louise C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE; DRINKING WATER;

CHOLERA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FLUID THERAPY; HAITI; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MORTALITY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SAFETY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER TREATMENT; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMICS; MASS IMMUNIZATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CHOLERA; CHOLERA VACCINES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EPIDEMICS; HAITI; HUMANS; MASS VACCINATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 85009201660     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1614104     Document Type: Review

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