Volcanic activity controls cholera outbreaks in the East African Rift.

Volcanic activity controls cholera outbreaks in the East African Rift.

We hypothesized that Cholera (Vibrio cholerae) that appeared along Lake Kivu in the African Rift in the seventies, might be controlled by volcano-tectonic activity, which, by increasing surface water and groundwater salinity and temperature, may partly rule the water characteristics of Lake Kivu and...

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Main Authors: Doudou Batumbo Boloweti, Patrick Giraudoux, Catherine Deniel, Emmanuel Garnier, Frederic Mauny, Celestin Mahinda Kasereka, Roger Kizungu, Jean Jacques Muyembe, Didier Bompangue, Gudrun Bornette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-08-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008406

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