Cholera Epidemic in Guinea-Bissau (2008): The Importance of "Place"
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Luquero, Francisco JBanga, Cunhate Na
Remartínez, Daniel
Palma, Pedro Pablo
Baron, Emanuel
Grais, RFebeca F
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Epicentre, Paris, France; European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; Medicos Sin Fronteras, Barcelona, SpainIssue Date
2011-05-04
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As resources are limited when responding to cholera outbreaks, knowledge about where to orient interventions is crucial. We describe the cholera epidemic affecting Guinea-Bissau in 2008 focusing on the geographical spread in order to guide prevention and control activities.PubMed ID
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1932-6203ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1371/journal.pone.0019005
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