An Outbreak of Vibrio cholerae O1 Infections on Ebeye Island, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Associated with Use of an Adequately Chlorinated Water Source

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Beatty, Mark E ^a,b   Jack, Tom ^c   Sivapalasingam, Sumathi ^a,b   Yao, Sandra S ^c   Paul, Irene ^c   Bibb, Bill ^b   Greene, Kathy D ^b   Kubota, Kristy ^b   Mintz, Eric D ^b   Brooks, John T ^b,d  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Ebeye Hospital   (Marshall Islands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARSHALL ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORINE; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MALE; MICRONESIA; MIDDLE AGED; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 9144249145     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379713     Document Type: Article

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