Vibrio cholerae in the environment

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 509-512

  Soomro, Abdul Lateef ^a,b   Junejo, Nasreen ^a  

^a LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Control; Prevalence; Public health; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHOLERA; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FISH DISEASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOIL MICROFLORA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 4544302499     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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