Lakes as Source of Cholera Outbreaks, Democratic Republic of Congo

We studied the epidemiology of cholera in Katanga and Eastern Kasai, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, by compiling a database including all cases recorded from 2000 through 2005. Results show that lakes were the sources of outbreaks and demonstrate the inadequacy of the strategy used to combat c...

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Autores principales: Bompangue, Didier, Giraudoux, Patrick, Handschumacher, Pascal, Piarroux, Martine, Sudre, Bertrand, Ekwanzala, Mosiana, Kebela, Ilunga, Piarroux, Renaud
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18439365
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1405.071260
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author Bompangue, Didier
Giraudoux, Patrick
Handschumacher, Pascal
Piarroux, Martine
Sudre, Bertrand
Ekwanzala, Mosiana
Kebela, Ilunga
Piarroux, Renaud
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Giraudoux, Patrick
Handschumacher, Pascal
Piarroux, Martine
Sudre, Bertrand
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Piarroux, Renaud
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spelling pubmed-26002342009-01-13 Lakes as Source of Cholera Outbreaks, Democratic Republic of Congo Bompangue, Didier Giraudoux, Patrick Handschumacher, Pascal Piarroux, Martine Sudre, Bertrand Ekwanzala, Mosiana Kebela, Ilunga Piarroux, Renaud Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We studied the epidemiology of cholera in Katanga and Eastern Kasai, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, by compiling a database including all cases recorded from 2000 through 2005. Results show that lakes were the sources of outbreaks and demonstrate the inadequacy of the strategy used to combat cholera. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2600234/ /pubmed/18439365 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1405.071260 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Bompangue, Didier
Giraudoux, Patrick
Handschumacher, Pascal
Piarroux, Martine
Sudre, Bertrand
Ekwanzala, Mosiana
Kebela, Ilunga
Piarroux, Renaud
Lakes as Source of Cholera Outbreaks, Democratic Republic of Congo
title Lakes as Source of Cholera Outbreaks, Democratic Republic of Congo
title_full Lakes as Source of Cholera Outbreaks, Democratic Republic of Congo
title_fullStr Lakes as Source of Cholera Outbreaks, Democratic Republic of Congo
title_full_unstemmed Lakes as Source of Cholera Outbreaks, Democratic Republic of Congo
title_short Lakes as Source of Cholera Outbreaks, Democratic Republic of Congo
title_sort lakes as source of cholera outbreaks, democratic republic of congo
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18439365
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1405.071260
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