Dynamics of cholera outbreaks in Great Lakes region of Africa, 1978-2008.

Bompangue Nkoko, Didier; Giraudoux, Patrick; Plisnier, Pierre-Denis; Mutombo Tinda, Annie; Piarroux, Martine; Sudre, Bertrand; Horion, Stephanie; Muyembe Tamfum, Jean-Jacques; Kebela Ilunga, Benoît; Piarroux, Renaud

doi:10.3201/eid1711.110170

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Dynamics of cholera outbreaks in Great Lakes region of Africa, 1978-2008.

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Didier Bompangue Nkoko

Patrick Giraudoux

Pierre-Denis Plisnier

Abstract

Cholera outbreaks have occurred in Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya almost every year since 1977-1978, when the disease emerged in these countries. We used a multiscale, geographic information system-based approach to assess the link between cholera outbreak...

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