The burden of cholera in the slums of Kolkata, India: Data from a prospective, community based study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1175-1181

  Sur, D ^a   Deen, J L ^b   Manna, B ^a   Niyogi, S K ^a   Deb, A K ^a   Kanungo, S ^a   Sarkar, B L ^a   Kim, D R ^b   Danovaro Holliday, M C ^b   Holliday, K ^b   Gupta, V K ^b   Ali, M ^b   Von Seidlein, L ^b   Clemens, J D ^b   Bhattacharya, S K ^a  

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

^b International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY AREAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 27644491889     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.071316     Document Type: Article

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