Updated Global Burden of Cholera in Endemic Countries
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Updated Global Burden of Cholera in Endemic Countries
BACKGROUND The global burden of cholera is largely unknown because the majority of cases are not reported. The low reporting can be attributed to limited capacity of epidemiological surveillance and laboratories, as well as social, political, and economic disincentives for reporting. We previously estimated 2.8 million cases and 91,000 deaths annually due to cholera in 51 endemic countries. A m...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1935-2735
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003832