Cholera epidemics, war and disasters around Goma and Lake Kivu: an eight-year survey.

• Main Authors: Didier Bompangue (Author), Patrick Giraudoux (Author), Martine Piarroux (Author), Guy Mutombo (Author), Rick Shamavu (Author), Bertrand Sudre (Author), Annie Mutombo (Author), Vital Mondonge (Author), Renaud Piarroux (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>During the last eight years, North and South Kivu, located in a lake area in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, have been the site of a major volcano eruption and of numerous complex emergencies with population displacements. These conditions have been suspected to...