karnataka/vomiting

Vibrio cholerae O1 strains are responsible for pandemics of cholera and major epidemics in the world. All the remaining V. cholerae non-O1/non-O139 strains are less virulent and are responsible for sporadic cases of gastroenteritis. These

Around 30 million children of 1 to 15 years have received the live attenuated SA 14-14-2 Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine in the campaign against JE in India from 2006 to 2007. This study aims to assess the short-term adverse events following JE vaccination as there is limited data on it in Indian

384 stool samples from patients with acute gastroenteritis were processed by standard culture techniques and antibiogram of V. cholerae was performed. Stool samples from 93 (24.22%) patients yielded V. cholerae, 58 (62.37%) of which were V. cholerae, El Tor O1 Ogawa, 31 (33.33%) V. cholerae O139 and

BACKGROUND India is one of the seven identified countries in the South-East Asia region regularly reporting dengue fever (DF)/dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) outbreaks and may soon transform into a major niche for dengue infection in the future with more and more new areas being struck by dengue

One hundred and fifty cases of Japanese encephalitis (JE) in children below 12 years of age admitted to the Headquarters Hospital, Bellary Medical College during October, 1986 to January, 1987 were studied. The youngest child affected was 1 year old. The ratio of male to female was 2:1. Hindu