| effectiveness of oral rehydration salt solution (ors) in reduction of death during cholera epidemic. | an extensive outbreak of acute gastroenteritis involving all age group of patients occurred during july-september, 1978 in the central district of manipur state. a total of 4469 cases occurred during the period. 45.7% of diarrhoea cases sampled and 47.6% of water samples collected from rivers were found to be positive for v.cholerae biotype eitor. case fatality rate in this epidemic was exceptionally low (0.8%) which was attributed to the early domiciliary use of oral rehydration salt solution ( ... | 1990 | 2101392 |