An urban, water-borne outbreak of diarrhoea and shigellosis in a district town in eastern India

In September 2007, the Gayeshpur municipality reported a cluster of cases with diarrhoea. We aimed to identify the causative agent and the source of the disease. We defined a case as the occurrence of diarrhoea (> 3 loose stools/day) with fever or bloody stools in a resident of Gayeshpur in Septe...

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Published in:	The National medical journal of India Vol. 22; no. 5; p. 237
Main Authors:	Saha, T, Murhekar, M, Hutin, Y J, Ramamurthy, T
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	India 01.09.2009
Subjects:	Adult Aged Diarrhea - epidemiology Disease Outbreaks Dysentery, Bacillary - epidemiology Female Humans India - epidemiology Male Middle Aged Water Microbiology India
ISSN:	0970-258X
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