Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 9 , Pages 563-566 , September 2004

A cholera epidemic in a rural area of northeast India

Received 8 July 2003 ,Revised 12 January 2004 ,Accepted 12 January 2004.

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PII: S0035-9203(04)00110-5

doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.01.002

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 9 , Pages 563-566 , September 2004