Cholera Epidemics, War and Disasters around Goma and Lake Kivu: An Eight-Year Survey

Didier Bompangue; Patrick Giraudoux; Martine Piarroux; Guy Mutombo; Rick Shamavu; Bertrand Sudre; Annie Mutombo; Vital Mondonge; Renaud Piarroux

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000436

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Cholera Epidemics, War and Disasters around Goma and Lake Kivu: An Eight-Year Survey

Didier Bompangue,

Affiliations Direction de la Lutte contre les Maladies, Ministère de la Santé Publique, Kinshasa-Gombe, République Démocratique du Congo, Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement, CNRS, UMR 6249, Université de Franche-Comté, UFR Sciences et Techniques, Besançon, France, Service de Microbiologie, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo
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Patrick Giraudoux,

Affiliation Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement, CNRS, UMR 6249, Université de Franche-Comté, UFR Sciences et Techniques, Besançon, France
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Martine Piarroux,

Affiliation Laboratoire Théoriser et Modéliser pour Aménager (ThéMA), UMR 6049 du CNRS, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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Guy Mutombo,

Affiliation Division Provinciale de la Santé-Nord Kivu, Ministère de la Santé Publique, Goma, République Démocratique du Congo
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Rick Shamavu,

Affiliation Division Provinciale de la Santé-Sud Kivu, Ministère de la Santé Publique, Uvira, République Démocratique du Congo
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Bertrand Sudre,

Affiliation Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement, CNRS, UMR 6249, Université de Franche-Comté, UFR Sciences et Techniques, Besançon, France
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Annie Mutombo,

Affiliation Direction de la Lutte contre les Maladies, Ministère de la Santé Publique, Kinshasa-Gombe, République Démocratique du Congo
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Vital Mondonge,

Affiliation Direction de la Lutte contre les Maladies, Ministère de la Santé Publique, Kinshasa-Gombe, République Démocratique du Congo
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Renaud Piarroux

* E-mail: renaud.piarroux@ap-hm.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement, CNRS, UMR 6249, Université de Franche-Comté, UFR Sciences et Techniques, Besançon, France
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Cholera Epidemics, War and Disasters around Goma and Lake Kivu: An Eight-Year Survey

Didier Bompangue,
Patrick Giraudoux,
Martine Piarroux,
Guy Mutombo,
Rick Shamavu,
Bertrand Sudre,
Annie Mutombo,
Vital Mondonge,
Renaud Piarroux

Published: May 19, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000436

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