Household Transmission of Vibrio cholerae in Bangladesh.

• Main Authors: Jonathan D Sugimoto (Author), Amanda A Koepke (Author), Eben E Kenah (Author), M Elizabeth Halloran (Author), Fahima Chowdhury (Author), Ashraful I Khan (Author), Regina C LaRocque (Author), Yang Yang (Author), Edward T Ryan (Author), Firdausi Qadri (Author), Stephen B Calderwood (Author), Jason B Harris (Author), Ira M Longini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Vibrio cholerae infections cluster in households. This study's objective was to quantify the relative contribution of direct, within-household exposure (for example, via contamination of household food, water, or surfaces) to endemic cholera transmission. Quantifying the relative contribution o...