Occurence, significance & molecular epidemiology of cholera outbreaks in West Bengal

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 772-776

  Sur, Dipika ^a   Dutta, Shanta ^a   Sarkar, B L ^a   Manna, B ^a   Bhattacharya, M K ^a   Datta, K K ^a   Saha, A ^a   Dutta, B ^a   Pazhani, G P ^a   Choudhuri, A Ray ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cholera; Inaba; Molecular epidemiology; Ogawa; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DRINKING WATER; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHOLERA VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLORINATION; CHOLERA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; METABOLISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CHOLERA; CHOLERA VACCINES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INDIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 34548422881     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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