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Large cholera outbreak in Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana

BACKGROUND: A nationwide outbreak of Vibrio cholerae occurred in Ghana in 2014 with Accra, the nation’s capital as the epi-center. The outbreak spread to the Brong Ahafo Region (BAR) which is geographically located in the middle of the country. In this region a review of data collected during the ou...

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Autores principales:	Noora, Charles Lwanga, Issah, Kofi, Kenu, Ernest, Bachan, Emmanuel George, Nuoh, Robert Domo, Nyarko, Kofi Mensah, Appiah, Paulina, Letsa, Timothy
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5553860/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28797285 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2728-0

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