Active surveillance for Vibrio cholerae O1 and vibriophages in sewage water as a potential tool to predict cholera outbreaks

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2968-2972

  Madico, Guillermo ^a,b,c   Checkley, William ^b,c   Gilman, Robert H ^a,b,c   Bravo, Nora ^d   Cabrera, Lilia ^c   Calderon, Maritza ^a   Ceballos, Ana ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHOLERA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; NONHUMAN; PERU; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0029846243     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.12.2968-2972.1996     Document Type: Article

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