Epidemic cholera among refugees in Malawi, Africa: treatment and transmission.

Between 23 August and 15 December 1990 an epidemic of cholera affected Mozambican refugees in Malawi causing 1931 cases (attack rate = 2.4%); 86% of patients had arrived in Malawi < 3 months before illness onset. There were 68 deaths (case-fatality rate = 3.5%); most deaths (63%) occurred within...

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Main Authors: Swerdlow, D. L., Malenga, G., Begkoyian, G., Nyangulu, D., Toole, M., Waldman, R. J., Puhr, D. N., Tauxe, R. V.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cambridge University Press 1997
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2808810/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9207730
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