Epidemiological, microbiological & electron microscopic study of a cholera outbreak in a Kolkata slum community

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-36

  Sur, Dipika ^a   Sarkar, B L ^a   Manna, B ^a   Deen, J ^b   Datta, S ^a   Niyogi, S K ^a   Ghosh, A N ^a   Deb, A ^a   Kanungo, S ^a   Palit, A ^a   Bhattacharya, Sujit K ^a  

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

^b International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cholera; Outbreak; V. cholerae O1; Vaccination; Vibrio phage

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHLORINATION; CHOLERA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KOREA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOSLEM; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIOPHAGES; CHOLERA; FECES; HUMANS; INDIA; POVERTY AREAS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33645463383     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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