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Cholera in pregnant women: the 2012 epidemic at the reference center at the Donka National Hospital in Conakry Volume 26, issue 2, Avril-Mai-Juin 2016

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Authors
1 Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales, hôpital national Donka, Conakry, République de Guinée
2 Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, BP 1147 Conakry, République de Guinée
3 Kipé, rue 177 Kakimbo, commune de Ratoma, BP 5845, Conakry, République de Guinée
4 Faculté de médecine, pharmacie, odontostomatologie, université Gamal-Abdel-Nasser, BP 1147 Conakry, République de Guinée
5 Service de gynéco-obstétrique, hôpital national Donka, Conakry, République de Guinée
* Correspondance

Introduction

Cholera is an epidemic diarrheal disease transmitted through the digestive tract; it can cause obstetric complications in pregnant women. The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic aspects of cholera in pregnant women, as well as its course, during the 2012 epidemic in Conakry.