Incidence and molecular analysis of Vibrio cholerae associated with cholera outbreak subsequent to the super cyclone in Orissa, India

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-138

  Chhotray, G P ^a   Pal, B B ^a   Khuntia, H K ^a   Chowdhury, N R ^b   Chakraborty, S ^b   Yamasaki, S ^b,c   Ramamurthy, T ^b   Takeda, Y ^d   Bhattacharya, S K ^b   Balakrish Nair, G ^b  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

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

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DRINKING WATER; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLOODING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RIBOTYPING; SANITATION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NATURAL DISASTERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RIBOTYPING; SANITATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036224488     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268801006720     Document Type: Article

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