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A cholera outbreak and experience with a cholera vaccine in the Republic of Zambia

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/epidem.2018.3.24-7

Belykh O.A.

Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Zambia, Lusaka

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About the Autors

For correspondence:
Oksana A. Belykh, МD, Physician, Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Zambia, Lusaka
E-mail: osbelykh@mail.ru
ОRCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1593-205X

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