Epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of acute diarrhoeal disease using geographic information systems

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 587-593

  Sarkar, Rajiv ^a   Prabhakar, Appaswamy Thirumal ^a   Manickam, Suraj ^a   Selvapandian, David ^a   Raghava, Mohan Venkata ^a   Kang, Gagandeep ^a   Balraj, Vinohar ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Chlorination; Cholera; Diarrhoea; Disease outbreak; Geographic information systems; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLEANING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFECATION; ENGINEERING; EPIDEMIC; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVIEW; KITCHEN; LAUNDRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEWAGE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34247094200     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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