A 4-year study of the epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae in four rural areas of Bangladesh.

@article{Sack2003A4S,
  title={A 4-year study of the epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae in four rural areas of Bangladesh.},
  author={Richard Bradley Sack and Abul Kasem Siddique and Ira M. Longini and Azhar Nizam and Mohammad Yunus and M. Sirajul Islam and J. Glenn Morris and Afsar Ali and Anwar Huq and Gopinath Balakrish Nair and Firdausi Qadri and Shah M Faruque and David A. Sack and Rita R. Colwell},
  journal={The Journal of infectious diseases},
  year={2003},
  volume={187 1},
  pages={
          96-101
        }
}
How Vibrio cholerae spreads around the world and what determines its seasonal peaks in endemic areas are not known. These features of cholera have been hypothesized to be primarily the result of environmental factors associated with aquatic habitats that can now be identified. Since 1997, fortnightly surveillance in 4 widely separated geographic locations in Bangladesh has been performed to identify patients with cholera and to collect environmental data. A total of 5670 patients (53% <5 years… 
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