Changing epidemiology of cholera due to Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 Bengal in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-278

  Faruque, A S G ^a   Fuchs, G J ^a   Albert, M J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHOLERA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0029973176     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800052572     Document Type: Article

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