Bacteriological analysis of water samples from Tsunami hit coastal areas of Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-116

  Rajendran, P ^a   Murugan, S ^b   Raju, S ^b   Sundararaj, T ^a   Kanthesh, B M ^a   Reddy, E V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Bacteriological analysis; Drinking water contamination; MPN; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CHOLERA; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DYSENTERY; INDIA; MICROBIOLOGY; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; TSUNAMI; TYPHOID FEVER; VIBRIO; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 33646729263     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 02550857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.25188     Document Type: Article

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