The prevalence of Vibrio spp. in drinking water and environmental samples in Vellore South India

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-76

  Thomson, C J ^a   Jesudason, M V ^b   Balaji, V ^b   Malathi, B ^b   Mukundan, U ^b   Amyes, S G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRINKING WATER; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AEROMONAS; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHOLERA; HUMAN; INDIA; LAKE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OPERON; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SEWAGE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031719573     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001010     Document Type: Article

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