A Multisectoral Emergency Response Approach to a Cholera Outbreak in Zambia: October 2017-February 2018

Overview

Journal J Infect Dis

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2018 Sep 15

PMID 30215738

Citations 9

Authors

Nathan Kapata

Nyambe Sinyange

Mazyanga Lucy Mazaba

Kunda Musonda

Raymond Hamoonga

Muzala Kapina

Khozya Zyambo

Warren Malambo

Ellen Yard

Margaret Riggs

Rupa Narra

Jennifer Murphy

Joan Brunkard

Andrew S Azman

Namani Monze

Kennedy Malama

Jabbin Mulwanda

Victor M Mukonka

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