Outbreak of cholera in arid zone of Bikaner

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 110, Issue OCT., 1999, Pages 126-127

  Gupta, Anjli ^a,b   Jain, Sumitra ^a   Mahawal, B S ^a  

^a S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Near Old Power House   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Arid zone; Biotype; Cholera; Phage type; Serotype vibrio

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPOLOGY; CHOLERA; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INDIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0033381457     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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