Evaluation of a rapid dipstick test for identifying cholera cases during the outbreak

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 523-528

  Sinha, A ^a   Sengupta, S ^a   Ghosh, S ^a   Basu, S ^a   Sur, D ^a   Kanungo, S ^a   Mukhopadhyay, A K ^a   Ramamurthy, T ^a   Nagamani, K ^a   Narsing Rao, M ^b   Nandy, R K ^a  

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

^b GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cholera; Diarrhoea; Dipstick test; Outbreak; Rapid test; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHOLERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; RAPID DIPSTICK TEST; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; DIARRHEA; FECES; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; HUMANS; INDIA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84871853699     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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