High case fatality cholera outbreak in Western Kenya, August 2010

INTRODUCTION: Cholera is a disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholera and has been an important public health problem since its first pandemic in 1817. Kenya has had numerous outbreaks of cholera ever since it was first detected there during 1971. In August 2010 an outbreak of cholera occurred i...

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Main Authors: Dickens Onyango, Shirley Karambu, Samuel Amwayi, Jared Omolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Pan African Medical Journal 2013-07-01
Series:The Pan African Medical Journal
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Online Access: https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/15/109/pdf/109.pdf