Challenges for communicable disease surveillance and control in southern Iraq, April-June 2003

Authors :: Valenciano, Marta
Coulombier, Denis
Lopes Cardozo, Barbara
Colombo, Alessandro
Alla, Mouhsen Jar
Samson, Samuel
Connolly, Maire A.
Source :: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association. August 6, 2003, Vol. 290 Issue 5, p654, 5 p.
Publication Year :: 2003
Abstract: Ninety-four residents of Basrah in southern Iraq have developed cholera as of June 29, 2003. This is due primarily to the lack of clean water and sanitation services and the looting of many health facilities. About 1.9 million people live in Basrah.

Subjects :: Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Health aspects
Cholera -- Causes of
Cholera -- Demographic aspects

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