Spatiotemporal dynamics of cholera hotspots in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1973 to 2022

Abstract Background Since the early 1970s, cholera outbreaks have been a major public health burden in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Cholera cases have been reported in a quasi-continuous manner in certain lakeside areas in the Great Lakes Region. As these cholera-endemic health zones cons...

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Published in:	BMC Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Nadège Taty, Didier Bompangue, Sandra Moore, J. J. Muyembe, Nancy Meschinet de Richemond
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-03-01
Subjects:	Democratic Republic of the Congo Cholera Spatiotemporal outbreak dynamics Cholera hotspots Cholera outbreaks Cholera epidemics
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09164-9

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