Geographic distribution and mortality risk factors during the cholera outbreak in a rural region of Haiti, 2010-2011.
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...
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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) |
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2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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