Cholera outbreak in southern Tanzania: risk factors and patterns of transmission.
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,...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2001
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