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Cholera outbreak in a fishing village in Uganda: a case study

In June 2015, the District Health Officer of Kasese District, southwestern Uganda reported an outbreak of cholera in a fishing village. Two fellows of the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program – Field Epidemiology Track conducted an investigation to verify the existence of an outbreak, determine t...

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Autores principales:	Zhu, Bao-Ping, Pande, Gerald, Kwesiga, Benon, Ario, Alex Riolexus
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
Materias:	Case Study
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6379547/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30858912 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.supp.2018.30.1.15268

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