Re-emergence of cholera in the Americas: Risks, susceptibility, and ecology

Re-emergence of cholera in the Americas: Risks, susceptibility, and ecology

Background: The re-emergence of cholera in Haiti has established a new reservoir for the seventh cholera pandemic which threatens to spread to other countries in the Americas. Materials and Methods: Statistics from this new epidemic are compared to the 1991 Peru epidemic, which demonstrated the spee...

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Main Authors: Mathieu JP Poirier, Ricardo Izurieta, Sharad S Malavade, Michael D McDonald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Americas
Cholera
Ecology
Epidemic
Haiti
Online Access:http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2012;volume=4;issue=3;spage=162;epage=171;aulast=Poirier

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