| a recent outbreak of cholera due to vibrio cholerae o1 ogawa in & around chandigarh, north india. | an outbreak of cholera caused by vibrio cholerae o1 ogawa occurred in and around chandigarh during july 22-31, 2002. of the 303 patients admitted to two hospitals, 82 were confirmed by culture. two rehabilitation colonies located at the periphery of chandigarh were mainly affected. the isolates were biotyped as eltor and were susceptible to many antibiotics. thirty one (35.2%) of 88 water samples showed evidence of faecal contamination. the survey of the area revealed sewage contamination of the ... | 2003 | 14748469 |
| emergence of vibrio cholerae o1 biotype el tor serotype inaba in north india. | all cases of cholera that have occurred at our center in north india have been due to vibrio cholerae o1 serotype ogawa, including the outbreaks in 2002 and 2004. here we report the emergence of v. cholerae o1 biotype el tor serotype inaba for the first time in this region since july 2004. fifteen inaba isolates were obtained from 32 patients suffering from cholera-like illness. the patients lived in chandigarh and the neighboring states of punjab, haryana, and himachal pradesh. all strains were ... | 2005 | 16116259 |
| outbreak of cholera in & around chandigarh during two successive years (2002, 2003). | outbreaks of cholera caused by vibrio cholerae o1 ogawa occurred in and around chandigarh during two successive year 2002 and 2003. this study highlights the antibiotic sensitivity and phage typing pattern of v. cholerae isolates during 2002 and 2003. | 2005 | 16456254 |
| enterotoxigenic escherichia coli causing cholerogenic syndrome during an interepidemic period of cholera in north india. | a study was undertaken to look for heat-labile enterotoxin producing escherichia coli (lt-etec) in patients with acute watery diarrhea resembling cholera in chandigarh in north india. two periods were selected, an interepidemic (2001) and an epidemic (2002) period. heat-labile enterotoxin (lt) was detected using reverse passive latex agglutination test. lt-etec strains were serotyped and antimicrobial susceptibility was studied. lt-etec was detected in 16 of 21 stool samples during 2001. other o ... | 2006 | 16936343 |
| epidemiology & antibiograms of vibrio cholerae isolates from a tertiary care hospital in chandigarh, north india. | cholera is endemic in chandigarh and its surrounding areas. this retrospective study was undertaken over a period of nine years (january 1999-december 2007) from a tertiary care hospital in north india to understand the changing epidemiology aspects and antibiotic resistance patterns in vibrio cholerae isolates. | 2009 | 19675394 |
| amplified fragment length polymorphism of clinical and environmental vibrio cholerae from a freshwater environment in a cholera-endemic area, india. | the region around chandigarh in india has witnessed a resurgence of cholera. however, isolation of v. cholerae o1 from the environment is infrequent. therefore, to study whether environmental nono1-nono139 isolates, which are native to the aquatic ecosystem, act as precursors for pathogenic o1 strains, their virulence potential and evolutionary relatedness was checked. | 2011 | 21936962 |
| fecal contamination of drinking water supplies in and around chandigarh and correlation with acute gastroenteritis. | acute gastroenteritis due to vibrio cholerae and enterotoxigenic e. coli is a common problem faced in the hot and humid summer months in north india. the study was undertaken to evaluate drinking water supplies for fecal coliforms, v. cholerae and enterotoxigenic e. coli in urban, semiurban and rural areas in and around chandigarh and correlate with occurrence of acute gastroenteritis occurring from the same region. drinking water sample were collected from various sources from april to october ... | 2012 | 25145069 |
| the 2002 chandigarh cholera outbreak revisited: utility of maldi-tof as a molecular epidemiology tool. | in july 2002, an outbreak of cholera occurred in north india with two separate geographical foci. pulsed field gel electrophoresis (pfge) was previously used in typing a representative sample of these isolates. this study evaluates the usefulness of maldi-tof as an epidemiological tool for typing vibrio cholerae isolates in comparison with pfge and amplified fragment length polymorphisms (aflp). forty-six isolates of v. cholerae isolated from stool of patients affected in the july 2002 outbreak ... | 2016 | 27198622 |
| the population structure of vibrio cholerae from the chandigarh region of northern india. | cholera infection continues to be a threat to global public health. the current cholera pandemic associated with vibrio cholerae el tor has now been ongoing for over half a century. | 2014 | 25058483 |
| molecular epidemiology of vibrio cholerae causing outbreaks & sporadic cholera in northern india. | several outbreaks of cholera have been reported in chandigarh region during a span of seven years from 2002-2008. the genetic characteristics of vibrio cholerae isolates obtained during these outbreaks have not been adequately studied. the aim of this study was to do molecular typing of v. cholerae isolated from the sporadic and outbreak cases by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge), rep-pcr and ribotyping. | 2012 | 23168707 |