Geographic distribution and mortality risk factors during the cholera outbreak in a rural region of Haiti, 2010-2011.

• Main Authors: Anne-Laure Page (Author), Iza Ciglenecki (Author), Ernest Robert Jasmin (Author), Laurence Desvignes (Author), Francesco Grandesso (Author), Jonathan Polonsky (Author), Sarala Nicholas (Author), Kathryn P Alberti (Author), Klaudia Porten (Author), Francisco J Luquero (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:In 2010 and 2011, Haiti was heavily affected by a large cholera outbreak that spread throughout the country. Although national health structure-based cholera surveillance was rapidly initiated, a substantial number of community cases might have been missed, particularly in remote areas. W...