dc.contributor.author
Acosta, Camilo J.
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Galindo, Claudia M.
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Kimario, John
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Senkoro, Kesheni
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Urassa, Honorathy
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Casals Pascual, Climent
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Corachán Cuyás, Manuel
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Eseko, N.
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Tanner, Marcel
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Mshinda, Hassan
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Lwilla, Fred
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Vila Estapé, Jordi
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Alonso, Pedro
dc.date.issued
2018-01-25T11:10:27Z
dc.date.issued
2018-01-25T11:10:27Z
dc.date.issued
2018-01-25T11:10:27Z
dc.identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/2445/119291
dc.description.abstract
To identify risk factors and describe the pattern of spread of the 1997 cholera epidemic in a rural area (Ifakara) in southern Tanzania, we conducted a prospective hospital-based, matched case- control study, with analysis based on the first 180 cases and 360 matched controls. Bathing in the river, long distance to water source, and eating dried fish were significantly associated with risk for cholera. Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1, biotype El Tor, serotype Ogawa, was isolated in samples from Ifakara's main water source and patients' stools. DNA molecular analyses showed identical patterns for all isolates.
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application/pdf
dc.publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
dc.relation
Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0707.017741
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2001, vol. 7, num. 7, p. 583-587
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https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0707.017741
dc.rights
Public domain / Domini públic
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source
Articles publicats en revistes (Fonaments Clínics)
dc.title
Cholera outbreak in Southern Tanzania: Risk factors and patterns of transmission
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
