| Literature DB >> 9282510 |
D Bora1, A C Dhariwal, D C Jain, V Sachdeva, J G Vohra, R M Prakash, K K Datta, R S Sharma.
Abstract
An outbreak of V. cholerae 01 occurred in remote villages of Rohru tehsil, district Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, during June-July 1994. Seven villages were affected. Overall attack rate was 16.4 per cent in surveyed villages. Attack rate in children < 5 was significantly high. Suspected source was spring water contaminated from open air defaecation. V. cholerae was resistant to co-trimoxazole and streptomycin.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9282510
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Commun Dis ISSN: 0019-5138