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Cholera in Haiti: Reproductive numbers and vaccination coverage estimates [1]

Cholera reappeared in Haiti in October, 2010 after decades of absence. Cases were first detected in Artibonite region and in the ensuing months the disease spread to every department in the country. The rate of increase in the number of cases at the start of epidemics provides valuable information about the basic reproductive number ( 1.06 to 2.63. At a national level, 46% vaccination coverage would result in an (

Publication Date: 
10/01/2013
Zindoga Mukandavire [2], David L. Smith [3], J. Glenn Morris Jr [4]
Nature [5]
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Cholera [6], Haiti [7], Infectious Diseases [8], Health Care [9], Vaccination [10]
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