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Cholera Epidemiology in Nigeria: an overview
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium, Vibrio cholera. Choleragenic V. cholera O1 and O139 are the only causative agents of the disease. The two most distinguishing epidemiologic features of the disease are its tendency to appea...
Autores principales: | Adagbada, Ajoke Olutola, Adesida, Solayide Abosede, Nwaokorie, Francisca Obiageri, Niemogha, Mary-Theresa, Coker, Akitoye Olusegun |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The African Field Epidemiology Network
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3428179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937199 |
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