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Cholera outbreak in southern Tanzania: risk factors and patterns of transmission. [PDF]

, 2001
To identify risk factors and describe the pattern of spread of the 1997 cholera epidemic in a rural area (Ifakara) in southern Tanzania, we conducted a prospective hospital-based, matched case- control study, with analysis based on the first 180 cases ...
Jordi Vila, Pedro L. Alonso, Casals, C, Urassa, H, Alonso, P L, Marcel Tanner, Fred Lwilla, Manuel Corachán, Camilo J. Acosta, Hassan Mshinda, Claudia M. Galindo, Galindo, C M, Acosta, C J, Honorathy Urassa, Kesheni Senkoro, Kimario, J, John Kimario, Acosta, CJ, N. Eseko, Vila, J, Mshinda, H, Eseko, N, Tanner, M, Alonso, PL, Climent Casals, Senkoro, K, Corachán, M, Lwilla, F, Galindo, CM, Corachán Cuyás, Manuel, Casals Pascual, Climent, Urassa, Honorathy, Vila Estapé, Jordi, Senkoro, Kesheni, Mshinda, Hassan, Tanner, Marcel, Alonso, Pedro, Galindo, Claudia M., Acosta, Camilo J., Kimario, John, Eseko, N., Lwilla, Fred   +41 more
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HIV/AIDS related deaths from three district hospitals of West Bengal: An observation

Journal of Acute Disease, 2014
Data on HIV/AIDS incidence or deaths are limited in poor-resource country like India and non-existent in state of West Bengal. These data are essential for formulating policies for HIV intervention strategies to curb HIV epidemic.
MK Bhattacharya, MK Saha, PS Chakraborty, A Sinha, A Bhattacharya, KK Dutta   +5 more
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Existing Policies/Guidelines on the Environmental Dimension of Antimicrobial Resistance in India: An Insight into the Key Facets through Review and SWOT Analysis

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a multidimensional phenomenon. The environment acts as a mixing pot of drug-resistant bacteria from many sources such as pharmaceutical, biomedical, veterinary, and agricultural sectors.
Falguni Debnath, Debjit Chakraborty, Sandip Giri, Shatabdi Saha, Soume Pyne, Raja Chakraverty, Agniva Majumdar, Alok Kumar Deb, Vishal Diwan, Rajesh Bhatia, Shanta Dutta   +10 more
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Cholera

Microbiology Spectrum, 2016
ABSTRACT Cholera is an acute disease of the gastrointestinal tract caused by Vibrio cholerae . Cholera was localized in Asia until 1817, when a first pandemic spread from India to several other regions of the world.
LIPPI, DONATELLA, EDUARDO GOTUZZO, SAVERIO CAINI   +2 more
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Social and cultural features of vaccine acceptance and cost-effectiveness of an oral cholera mass vaccination campaign in Zanzibar [PDF]

, 2012
Classical cholera control is based on prevention—safe water, sanitation and education of people on the importance of hygiene and diarrheal diseases—health system preparedness and a timely response to provide appropriate treatment in the event of an ...
Schätti Zundel, Christian
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Role of the Microbiome in the Pathogenesis of COVID-19

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
The ongoing pandemic coronavirus disease COVID-19 is caused by the highly contagious single-stranded RNA virus, SARS-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which has a high rate of evolution like other RNA viruses.
Rituparna De, Rituparna De, Shanta Dutta
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The burden of diarrhoea, shigellosis, and cholera in North Jakarta, Indonesia: findings from 24 months surveillance. [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: In preparation of vaccines trials to estimate protection against shigellosis and cholera we conducted a two-year community-based surveillance study in an impoverished area of North Jakarta which provided updated information on the disease ...
Corwin Andrew L, Sjahrurachman Agus, Mohammad Ali, Deen Jacqueline L, Wangsasaputra, Ferry, Lee Hyejon, Deen, Jacqueline L, Pujarwoto H, Murad Lesmana, Oakpil Han, H James Beecham, Pulungsih, Sri Pandam, Lorenz von Seidlein, Sudarmono Pratiwi, Santoso Hari, Clemens John D, Lesmana, Murad, Pratiwi Sudarmono, Pujarwoto, H, Rofiq, Ainur, Buhari A Oyofo, Simanjuntak, Cyrus, Oyofo, Buhari A, Dazwir Nurdin, Ingerani, null Ingerani, Campbell, James R, Ainur Rofiq, Ali, Mohammad, Sudarmono, Pratiwi, Ali Mohammad, Han Oakpil, Clemens, John D, Magdarina D Agtini, von Seidlein Lorenz, von Seidlein, Lorenz, Sri Pandam Pulungsih, Nurdin Dazwir, Suwandono Agus, Andrew L Corwin, Hari Santoso, Agtini Magdarina D, Oyofo Buhari A, Ferry Wangsasaputra, Cyrus Simanjuntak, Agtini, Magdarina D, Han, Oakpil, Kim Deok, Soeharno, Rooswanti, Park, Jin Kyung, Beecham H James, James R Campbell, Campbell James R, Punjabi, Narain H, Rofiq Ainur, Park Jin, Rooswanti Soeharno, Wangsasaputra Ferry, Lesmana Murad, Deok Ryun Kim, Lee, Hyejon, Corwin, Andrew L, Narain H Punjabi, Jacqueline L Deen, Soeharno Rooswanti, Santoso, Hari, Suwandono, Agus, John D Clemens, Simanjuntak Cyrus, Pulungsih Sri, Kim, Deok Ryun, Beecham, H James, Hyejon Lee, Punjabi Narain H, H Pujarwoto, Nurdin, Dazwir, Agus Suwandono, Agus Sjahrurachman, Sjahrurachman, Agus, Jin Kyung Park   +79 more
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Development and evaluation of a PCR assay for rapid detection of azithromycin resistant Campylobacter isolated from diarrhoeal patients in Kolkata, India

Gut Pathogens, 2017
Background Campylobacter is a well-known bacterial pathogen for triggering acute gastroenteritis in humans both in developed and developing countries. This organism is highly resistant to fluoroquinolones.
Piyali Mukherjee, Shanta Dutta, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay   +2 more
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Field evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic dipstick test for the diagnosis of cholera in a high-risk population. [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Early detection of cholera outbreaks is crucial for the implementation of the most appropriate control strategies. METHODS: The performance of an immunochromatographic dipstick test (Institute Pasteur, Paris, France) specific for Vibrio ...
Park, T., Fournier, Jean-Michel, Deen Jacqueline L, Deen, Jacqueline L, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Ansaruzzaman, M, Park Taesung, Wang Xuan-Yi, Nato Farida, Nato, F., Nair, GB, Mondlane, C., Nair GB, Ampuero Sonia, Clemens John D, Puri Mahesh, Mondlane Catarina, Lucas, Marcelino ES, Park, Taesung, Ampuero, S., Clemens, J. D., Wang, X. Y., Puri, Mahesh, Lucas Marcelino ES, Rajerison Minoarisoa, Mondlane, Catarina, Ampuero, Sonia, Nato, Farida, Chaignat Claire-Lise, Rajerison, M., Puri, M., Ansaruzzaman M, Vaz Raul, Vaz, Raul, Deen, J. L., Nair, G. B., Chaignat, Claire-Lise, von Seidlein, L., Clemens, John D, Ansaruzzaman, M., von Seidlein Lorenz, Vaz, R., Lucas, M. E., Chaignat, C. L., Wang, Xuan-Yi, von Seidlein, Lorenz, Fournier, J. M., Fournier Jean-Michel   +47 more
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Determinants of optimum exclusive breastfeeding duration in rural India: a mixed method approach using cohort and content analysis design

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2021
Background Despite established benefits, exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) rate remains poor in India. This study measured the rate of early initiation of breastfeeding and EBF up to 42 days postpartum period and the reasons associated with early ...
Falguni Debnath, Nilanjan Mondal, Alok Kumar Deb, Debjit Chakraborty, Subhrangshu Chakraborty, Shanta Dutta   +5 more
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