Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 10 , Pages 981-989 , October 2008

Post-earthquake outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis in Kashmir (India): An epidemiological analysis

  • Somenath Karmakar

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. National Institute of Communicable Diseases, 22-Sham Nath Marg, Delhi 110054, India. Tel.: +91 011 2397 1060; fax: +91 011 2391 2836.
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  • Abhilakh Singh Rathore

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, India
    • ,
  • Syed Manzoor Kadri

      Affiliations

    • Regional Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Directorate of Health, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
    • ,
  • Som Dutt

      Affiliations

    • Treatment and Quality Control, Waterworks Wazirabad, Delhi Jal Board, Government of National Capital Territory, Delhi, India
    • ,
  • Shashi Khare

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, India
    • ,
  • Shiv Lal

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, India

Received 11 December 2006 ,Revised 3 September 2007 ,Accepted 1 January 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.01.006

Public Health
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