Cholera and shigellosis: different epidemiology but similar responses to climate variability.

BACKGROUND:Comparative studies of the associations between different infectious diseases and climate variability, such as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, are lacking. Diarrheal illnesses, particularly cholera and shigellosis, provide an important opportunity to apply a comparative approach. Choler...

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Main Authors: Benjamin A Cash, Xavier Rodó, Michael Emch, Md Yunus, Abu S G Faruque, Mercedes Pascual
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4168003?pdf=render