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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14925| Title: | Cholera in West Africa |
| Authors: | Parnis, R. J. |
| Keywords: | Vibrio cholerae Cholera Cholera -- Africa -- History -- 20th century Cholera -- Prevention |
| Issue Date: | 1971 |
| Publisher: | The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette |
| Citation: | Parnis, R. (1971). Cholera in West Africa. The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette, 6(2), 164-165. |
| Abstract: | The spread of Cholera in West Africa is described; 35,000 cases have been reported in the first six months of this year (6,000 in Nigeria) with 6,300 deaths (W.H.O. 1971; U.S. Pub. Hlth. Serv. Smallpox eradication programme 1971). 3,000 cases occurred in black Africa in the first week in September, including 2,500 in Nigeria and 3 (the first recorded) in the Gambia (Bruce-Chwatt L.J., 1971). As regards prevention, this is a matter of sanitary control and supervision of ships and aircraft coming from infected countries and of isolation of suspected cases. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/14925 |
| Appears in Collections: | TSLHG, Volume 6, Issue 2 TSLHG, Volume 6, Issue 2 |
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| Cholera in West Africa.pdf | Published for the Consultant Staff Committee, St. Luke`s Hospital, Malta and the Medical and Dental Surgery Faculties of the Royal University of Malta. | 120.05 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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