Outbreak of cholera in & around Chandigarh during two successive years (2002, 2003)

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 404-407

  Kaistha, Neelam ^a   Mehta, Manjula ^a   Gautam, Vikas ^a   Gupta, Varsha ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Outbreak; Phage typing; Vibrio cholerae O1 Ogawa

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FECES; HUMANS; INDIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33144480300     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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