Ecological study of Vibrio cholerae in Vellore

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-206

  Jesudason, M V ^a   Balaji, V ^a   Mukundan, U ^a   Thomson, C J ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Bayer plc UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RAIN; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHOLERA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHOLERA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034089199     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026889900357X     Document Type: Article

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