Emergence of Vibrio cholerae O1 Inaba in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India [1]

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 308-309

  Sugunan, A P ^a   Roy, Subarna ^a   Shahina, M ^b   Shah, W A ^b   Bharadwaj, A P ^b   Singh, S S ^b   Thanasekaran, K ^a   Sathya Prakash, M ^a   Vijayachari, P ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INDIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 34548201914     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm032     Document Type: Letter

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