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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">502</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>INVESTIGATION OF AN OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA IN SANKHEDA VILLAGE OF CHHOTAUDEPUR DISTRICT, GUJARAT&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Patel</surname><given-names>Nikhil</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Shroff</surname><given-names>Bhavesh</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mazumdar</surname><given-names>V.S.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>54</fpage><lpage>57</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Aim: Investigation of an outbreak of Cholera in Sankheda village of Chhotaudepur district, Gujarat&#13;
Introduction: Diarrheal disease outbreaks are causes of major public health emergencies in India. We investigated such outbreak in Sankheda village of Chhotaudepur district, Gujarat to identify the etiological agent, source of transmission and propose control measures.&#13;
Methodology: This study was conducted by a rapid response team as an investigation of outbreak to find out the root cause during the emergency response. The information was entered and analyzed anonymously. The study was implemented in collaboration with the district health officials&#13;
Results and Conclusion: The outbreak was caused by Vibrio cholerae 01 Biotype Ogawa. Cases were localized to clusters of village depending on distribution of contaminated water.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Cholera</kwd><kwd> Contaminated water</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
