Cholera outbreak in Senegal in 2005: was climate a factor?
Cholera outbreak in Senegal in 2005: was climate a factor?
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by Vibrio cholerae and occurs as widespread epidemics in Africa. In 2005, there were 31,719 cholera cases, with 458 deaths in the Republic of Senegal. We retrospectively investigated the climate origin of the devastating floods in mid-August 2005, in the Dakar Region of Senegal and the subsequent outbrea...
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Cholera outbreak in Senegal in 2005: was climate a factor?
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1326513018
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1326513018
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0044577
