Regional-scale climate-variability synchrony of cholera epidemics in West Africa
Open Access
- 19 March 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 7 (1) , 20
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-20
Abstract
The relationship between cholera and climate was explored in Africa, the continent with the most reported cases, by analyzing monthly 20-year cholera time series for five coastal adjoining West African countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria.Keywords
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