Vibrio cholerae O139: How great is the threat of a pandemic?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 393-398

  Siddique, A K ^a,c   Akram, K ^a   Zaman, K ^a   Mutsuddy, P ^a   Eusof, A ^a   Sack, R B ^b  

^a ICCDR B   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; cholera; epidemics; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEASHORE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1 BIOVAR ELTOR;

CHOLERA TRANSMISSION; DISEASE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0029669883     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1996.d01-54.x     Document Type: Article

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