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Confirmation of cholera by rapid diagnostic test amongst patients admitted to the cholera treatment centre in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo

INTRODUCTION: Cholera is endemic in the Eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1978, and Uvira in South-Kivu has been reporting suspected cholera cases nearly every week for over a decade. The clinical case definition for suspected cholera is relatively non-specific, and cas...

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Autores principales: Jeandron, Aurelie, Cumming, Oliver, Rumedeka, Baron Bashige, Saidi, Jaime Mufitini, Cousens, Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6070262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30067824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201306