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Review
. 2019 Jun 20;13(6):e0007347.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007347. eCollection 2019 Jun.

Cholera prevention and control in refugee settings: Successes and continued challenges

Kerry Shannon  1 , Marisa Hast  2 , Andrew S Azman  2 , Dominique Legros  3 , Heather McKay  2 , Justin Lessler  2
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Cholera prevention and control in refugee settings: Successes and continued challenges

Kerry Shannon et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Fig 1
Fig 1. Map of reporting UNHCR locations and cumulative reported cholera count, 2009–2016 (created in ArcGIS version 10.2 using GADM shape files found at gadm.org).
GADM, Global Administrative Areas; UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
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