Outbreak of acute diarrhoeal disease attributed to consumption of faecal contaminated water supplied through damaged pipelines in Thiruper, Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India, 2016

• Main Authors: Mohan Anandan (Author), Saraswathi VS (Author), Polani Rubeshkumar (Author), Manickam Ponnaiah (Author), Prabhakaran Jesudoss (Author), Kolandaswamy Karumanagounder (Author), Manoj Murhekar (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Elsevier, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Background: On December 24, 2016, 18 Acute Diarrhoeal Disease (ADD) cases were reported in Thiruper village. We aimed to identify potential exposure and propose recommendations. Methods: We defined a case of ADD as occurrence loose stools (≥3 episodes), December 14-30, 2016. We did door-to-door case...