Severe cholera outbreak following floods in a northern district of West Bengal

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 112, Issue NOV., 2000, Pages 178-182

  Sur, D ^a   Dutta, P ^a   Nair, G B ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Cholera; Clinical aspect; Epidemiology; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISASTER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VOMITING; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; NATURAL DISASTERS;

EID: 0034531270     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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