Survey of epidemiology and bacteriology features of cholera in Iran

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-47

  Rahbar, Mohammad ^a   Zahraei, Mohsen ^b   Omidvarnia, Aboulgasm ^b   Afshani, Mohammad Taqi ^b   Glami, Mostafa ^a   Sabourian, Rogaeieh ^a   Farsi, Shahla ^a   gholami, Hosein ^a   Mahdavi, Saeid ^a   Islami, Parisa ^c   Zadeh, Mona Mohammad ^c   Hajia, Massoud ^a   Valipour, Azar ^a   Amini, Rana ^a  

^a Iranian Reference Health Laboratory   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c MILAD HOSPITAL   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cholera; Drug resistance; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FURAZOLIDONE; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEROTYPING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77950687640     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60030-2     Document Type: Article

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