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Characteristics and clinical management of patients admitted to cholera wards in a regional referral hospital during the 2012 epidemic in Sierra Leone

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In 2012, Sierra Leone suffered a nationwide cholera epidemic which affected the capital Freetown and also the provinces. This study aims to describe the characteristics and clinical management of patients admitted to cholera isolation wards of the main referral hospital in...

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Autores principales:	Blacklock, Alexander, Sesay, Andrew, Kamara, Abdul, Kamara, Mamud, Blacklock, Claire
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Co-Action Publishing 2015
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4286577/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25566807 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.25266

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