Serological response to cholera revaccination in a semi-closed community in Calcutta.

Viral haemorrhagic disease of rabbits: vaccination and immune response.

Results are presented for the large-scale use of a tissue vaccine, inactivated with beta-propiolactone and containing aluminium hydroxide adjuvant, against viral haemorrhagic disease of rabbits. The kinetics of haemagglutination-inhibiting antibodies over eighteen months, the response of vaccinated animals to challenge infection with field virus between six and fifteen months after vaccination,...

Cholera in Calcutta

By C. Macnamara. I have remarked that we cannot depend on the accuracy of the figures supplied by our Municipal authorities as to the Dumber of deaths that have occurred from cholera in Calcutta for, it appears, the machinery employed in collecting these' returns is of the roughest possible description. Natives, receiving a salary of a few rupees a month, are stationed at the various burning gh...

The health system response to Eltor cholera outbreak: an experience in Iran

Background: Following the outbreak of eltor cholera in Iraq’s Kurdistan, Iran was threatened through the western border. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the health system response of Marivan city in Kurdistan Province (Iran) as a risky gateway for the outbreak of eltor cholera epidemic in Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was implemented in...

Vitamin C and Antihistaminics in the Treatment of Uraemia in Cholera *From the Clinical Research Unit of the Indian Council of Medical Research at the School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta, in collaboration with the Cholera Ward, Nilratan Sarkar Medical College Hospitals, Calcutta.

Mapping Cholera Research and the Impact of Shambu Nath De of Calcutta

Cholera is a disease that has plagued the world sporadically throughout history. The disease has assumed pandemic proportions, meaning it has spread rapidly over a very wide geographic area, on seven occasions since 1817. In many Third World nations, where sanitation is often poor and water supplies are frequently contaminated, cholera still rages practically unchecked. Despite advances in medi...