A National Cholera Epidemic With High Case Fatality Rates--Kenya 2009
Author(s) -
Anagha Loharikar,
Elizabeth C. Briere,
Maurice Ope,
Daniel Langat,
Ian Njeru,
Lucy Gathigi,
Lyndah Makayotto,
Abdifatah Mohamud Ismail,
Martin Thuranira,
André Abade,
Samuel Amwayi,
J. Omolo,
Joseph Oundo,
Kevin M. De Cock,
Robert F. Breiman,
Tracy Ayers,
Eric Mintz,
Ciara E. O’Reilly
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit220
Subject(s) - cholera , case fatality rate , outbreak , geography , socioeconomics , environmental health , medicine , economic shortage , demography , veterinary medicine , population , virology , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics) , sociology
Cholera remains endemic in sub-Saharan Africa. We characterized the 2009 cholera outbreaks in Kenya and evaluated the response.
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