Cholera

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Key articles

Sack DA, Sack RB, Nair GB, et al. Cholera. Lancet. 2004 Jan 17;363(9404):223-33. Abstract

World Health Organization. Fact sheet: cholera. Dec 2023 [internet publication].Full text

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