Clinical, epidemiological, and spatial characteristics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus diarrhea and cholera in the urban slums of Kolkata, India

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kanungo, Suman ^a   Sur, Dipika ^a   Ali, Mohammad ^b   You, Young Ae ^b   Pal, Debottam ^a   Manna, Byomkesh ^a   Niyogi, Swapan K ^a   Sarkar, Banwarilal ^a   Bhattacharya, Sujit K ^c   Clemens, John D ^b,d   Nair, G Balakrish ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^c SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera; Kolkata; Vibrio cholerae; Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN HEALTH; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 84866685266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-830     Document Type: Article

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