Waterborne cholera outbreak following Cyclone Aila in Sundarban area of West Bengal, India, 2009

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 214-219

  Bhunia, Rama ^a   Ghosh, Sougata ^b  

^a Department of Health and Family Welfare ^*  (India)

^b CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Cholera; Contaminated piped water; Cyclone; India; Outbreak; Vibrio cholerae El Tor Ogawa

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLORINATION; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; CYCLONIC STORMS; DIARRHEA; DISASTERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SANITATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79952897856     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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