Epidemic Cholera in a Crowded Urban Environment, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
We conducted a case–control study to investigate factors associated with epidemic cholera. Water treatment and handwashing may have been protective, highlighting the need for personal hygiene for cholera prevention in contaminated urban environments. We also found a diverse diet, a possible proxy fo...
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| author | Stacie E. Dunkle Adamma Mba-Jonas Anagha Loharikar Bernadette Fouché Mireille Peck Tracy Ayers W. Roodly Archer Valery M. Beau De Rochars Thomas Bender Daphne B. Moffett Jordan W. Tappero George Dahourou Thierry Roels Robert E. Quick |
| author_facet | Stacie E. Dunkle Adamma Mba-Jonas Anagha Loharikar Bernadette Fouché Mireille Peck Tracy Ayers W. Roodly Archer Valery M. Beau De Rochars Thomas Bender Daphne B. Moffett Jordan W. Tappero George Dahourou Thierry Roels Robert E. Quick |
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| description | We conducted a case–control study to investigate factors associated with epidemic cholera. Water treatment and handwashing may have been protective, highlighting the need for personal hygiene for cholera prevention in contaminated urban environments. We also found a diverse diet, a possible proxy for improved nutrition, was protective against cholera. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-12c1e07004f844b2b0ede86f4037ceb12022-12-22T00:54:37ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592011-11-0117112143214610.3201/eid1711.110772Epidemic Cholera in a Crowded Urban Environment, Port-au-Prince, HaitiStacie E. DunkleAdamma Mba-JonasAnagha LoharikarBernadette FouchéMireille PeckTracy AyersW. Roodly ArcherValery M. Beau De RocharsThomas BenderDaphne B. MoffettJordan W. TapperoGeorge DahourouThierry RoelsRobert E. QuickWe conducted a case–control study to investigate factors associated with epidemic cholera. Water treatment and handwashing may have been protective, highlighting the need for personal hygiene for cholera prevention in contaminated urban environments. We also found a diverse diet, a possible proxy for improved nutrition, was protective against cholera.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/11/11-0772_articlebacteriaepidemicwaterborne infectionscholeraenteric infectionsVibrio cholerae |
| spellingShingle | Stacie E. Dunkle Adamma Mba-Jonas Anagha Loharikar Bernadette Fouché Mireille Peck Tracy Ayers W. Roodly Archer Valery M. Beau De Rochars Thomas Bender Daphne B. Moffett Jordan W. Tappero George Dahourou Thierry Roels Robert E. Quick Epidemic Cholera in a Crowded Urban Environment, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Emerging Infectious Diseases bacteria epidemic waterborne infections cholera enteric infections Vibrio cholerae |
| title | Epidemic Cholera in a Crowded Urban Environment, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| title_full | Epidemic Cholera in a Crowded Urban Environment, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| title_fullStr | Epidemic Cholera in a Crowded Urban Environment, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epidemic Cholera in a Crowded Urban Environment, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| title_short | Epidemic Cholera in a Crowded Urban Environment, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| title_sort | epidemic cholera in a crowded urban environment port au prince haiti |
| topic | bacteria epidemic waterborne infections cholera enteric infections Vibrio cholerae |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/11/11-0772_article |
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