title: V. cholerae 01 outbreak in remote villages of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, 1994.
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.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bora
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Dhariwal
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sachdeva
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Vohra
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012423:Rural Health; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000145:classification*; D018505:Waste Management; D014871:Water Microbiology