Environmental and epidemiological surveillance of Vibrio cholerae in a cholera-endemic region in India with freshwater environs

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 225-237

  Mishra, A ^a   Taneja, N ^a   Sharma, M ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cholera; Environmental; Epidemiological; India; Surveillance; V. cholerae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CHLOROPHYLL; DISEASES; PLANKTON; WATER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; CHOLERA; ENVIRONMENTAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL; FRESH WATER; INDIA; SURVEILLANCE; V CHOLERA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER TEMPERATURES;

RAIN;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLOROPHYLL; FRESH WATER; RAIN; WATER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHOLERA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EMERGENCE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PROTEIN; SALINITY; TOXIC MATERIAL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANKTON; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

INDIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 83555179070     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05191.x     Document Type: Article

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