Investigation of a cholera outbreak in a tea garden of Sivasagar district of Assam

• Main Authors: Bhupendra Narayan Mahanta (Author), Tulika Goswami Mahanta (Author), Rochan Sinha (Author), Abhijit Dutta (Author), D Payeng (Author), Q Jawed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In late May 2012, Bagjan division of Borbam tea estate, of Sivasagar district of Assam was affected by an outbreak of acute watery diarrhea, subsequently confirmed as Vibrio cholerae O1. Objectives: Our objective is to investigate and control the acute diarrheal disease outbreak in Sivas...