An outbreak of cholera associated with an unprotected well in Parbatia, Orissa, Eastern India

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 646-651

  Das, Amitav ^a   Manickam, P ^a   Hutin, Yvan ^b   Pal, B B ^b   Chhotray, G P ^b   Kar, S K ^b   Gupte, M D ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Cholera; Disease outbreaks; India; Sanitation; Vibrio cholera; Water supply

Indexed keywords

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959326729     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v27i5.3641     Document Type: Article

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