A diphtheria outbreak in Assam, India

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 647-652

  Saikia, Lahari ^a   Nath, Reema ^a   Saikia, Naba Jyoti ^b   Choudhury, Gargi ^a   Sarkar, Mili ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology ^*  (India)

^b ASSAM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77954705129     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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