Consecutive outbreaks of Vibrio cholerae O139 and V. cholerae O1 cholera in a fishing village near Karachi, Pakistan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 476-482

  Siddiqui, Fahad J ^a   Bhutto, Naveed S ^a   von Seidlein, Lorenz ^b   Khurram, Irfan ^a   Rasool, Shahid ^a   Ali, Mohammad ^b   Zafar, Afia ^a   Deen, Jacqueline L ^b   Clemens, John D ^b   Nizami, Qumaruddin ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clustering; Diarrhoea; Fever; Pakistan; Vibrio cholerae O1; Vibrio cholerae O139

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; FISHING; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RURAL POPULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O139; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 33644847184     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.07.019     Document Type: Article

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