Contaminated Pond Water Favors Cholera Outbreak at Haibatpur Village, Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal, India

• Published in: Journal of Tropical Medicine
• Main Authors: Dilip Kumar Biswas, Rama Bhunia, Dipankar Maji, Palash Das
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Two Ponds
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/764530; https://doaj.org/article/938dabf6ae934d8e8deefd8063424e6d

Health workers reported an increased number of diarrhea cases at Haibatpur village on June 17, 2012. This outbreak was investigated with the following objectives: to confirm the existence of diarrhea outbreak, to find out the risk factors, and propose control measures. Cases were listed; spot map an...