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Climatic variations influence the emergence of cholera in Africa

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Health, Ocean, climate, impacts - Togo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Bangladesh

July 2007

Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It is rife mainly in the tropical regions where it affects 100 000 people per year. Previous studies in Bangladesh and South America have shown the existence of a relation between climatic variations and the ...

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