First do no harm: making oral rehydration solution safer in a cholera epidemic

Oral rehydration solution (ORS) is lifesaving therapy for cholera and pediatric diarrhea. During a cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau, we evaluated the microbiologic quality of ORS prepared at a hospital and tested a simple intervention using special vessels for disinfecting tap water with bleach and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 1999-06, Vol.60 (6), p.1051-1055
Hauptverfasser:	Daniels, NA, Simons, SL, Rodrigues, A, Gunnlaugsson, G, Forster, TS, Wells, JG, Hutwagner, L, Tauxe, RV, Mintz, ED
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agglutination Tests Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Cholera Cholera - epidemiology Cholera - prevention & control Cholera - therapy Colony Count, Microbial Cross Infection - prevention & control Diarrhea - epidemiology Diarrhea - prevention & control Diarrhea - therapy Disease Outbreaks Escherichia coli Escherichia coli - isolation & purification Fluid Therapy - methods Guinea-Bissau - epidemiology Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Medical sciences oral rehydration solution rehydration Rehydration Solutions - standards Tropical bacterial diseases Tropical medicine Vibrio cholerae Vibrio cholerae - isolation & purification Vibrio cholerae - pathogenicity Water Microbiology
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