Communicable diseases monitored by disease surveillance in Kottayam district, Kerala state, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 86-93

  John, T Jacob ^b,c   Rajappan, K ^a   Arjunan, K K ^a  

^a Office of the District Medical Off   (India)

^b Kerala State Institute of Virology   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Cholera; Communicable diseases; Disease surveillance; Dysentery; Haemorrhagic fever; Leptospirosis; Malaria; Measles; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOLERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; DYSENTERY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MEASLES; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; TETANUS; TYPHOID FEVER;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INDIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 4544381677     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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