Critical factors influencing the occurrence of Vibrio cholerae in the environment of Bangladesh

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4645-4654

  Huq, Anwar ^a,b   Sack, R Bradley ^b   Nizam, Azhar ^c   Longini, Ira M ^c   Nair, G Balakrish ^d   Ali, Afsar ^e   Morris Jr , J Glenn ^e   Khan, M N Huda ^d   Siddique, A Kasem ^d   Yunus, Mohammed ^d   Albert, M John ^d,g   Sack, David A ^d   Colwell, Rita R ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; COASTAL COMMUNITIES; SEROTYPE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

CHOLERA TOXIN; LAKE WATER; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; POND; RIVER; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; COPEPODA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O139; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

COPEPODA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 23744474911     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4645-4654.2005     Document Type: Article

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