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Epidemic waves of cholera in the last two decades in Mozambique.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 4 Jul 2015
Langa José Paulo, Sema Cynthia, De Deus Nilsa, Colombo Mauro Maria, Taviani Elisa
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INTRODUCTION: Africa is increasingly affected by cholera. In Mozambique, cholera appeared in the early 1970s when the seventh pandemic entered Africa from the Indian subcontinent. In the following decades, several epidemics were registered in the country, the 1997-1999 epidemic being the most extended. Since then, Mozambique has been considered an endemic area for cholera, characterized by yearly outbreaks...
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