Risk Factors for Sustained Cholera Transmission, Juba County, South Sudan, 2014
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چکیده
We conducted a case-control study to identify risk factors for the 2014 cholera outbreak in Juba County, South Sudan. Illness was associated with traveling or eating away from home; treating drinking water and receiving oral cholera vaccination were protective. Oral cholera vaccination should be used to complement cholera prevention efforts.
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1 World Health Organization, Juba, Republic of South Sudan, 2 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, 3 Ministry of Health, Juba, Republic of South Sudan, 4 Médecins Sans Frontières, Geneva, Switzerland, 5 Medair, Ecublens, Switzerland, 6 International Organization for Migration, Juba, Republic of South Sudan, 7 World Health Organization, ...
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دوره 21 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015