Emerging & re-emerging bacterial pathogens in India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 103, Issue JAN., 1996, Pages 4-18

  Jacob John, T ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Emerging diseases; Epidemiology; Leptospirosis; Melioidosis; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Multidrug resistant salmonella typhi; Plague; Re emerging diseases; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METICILLIN;

AGRICULTURE; ANTHRAX; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHOLERA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MELIOIDOSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PLAGUE; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RODENT CONTROL; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SOIL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TYPHOID FEVER; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MELIOIDOSIS; PLAGUE; RATS;

EID: 0030034703     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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