Epidemiology and transmission of V. cholerae Ol and V. Cholerae O139 infections in Delhi in 1993

Journal of Diarrhoeal Diseases Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 182-186

  Slngh, Jagvm ^a   Bora, D ^a   Khanna, K K ^a   Jain, D C ^a   Sachdeva, Vffiha ^a   Sharma, R S ^a   Veronese, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Cholera; Disease transmission; Epidemiology; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0030227110     PISSN: 02538768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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