Laboratory methods for the diagnosis of epidemic dysentery and cholera

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• Personal Author:
  Bopp, Cheryl A. ; Ries, Allen Arthur ; Wells, Joy G.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.) ; World Health Organization. Regional Office for Africa.
• Description:
  This manual focuses on the epidemiology of four organisms causing epidemic diarrhea and the laboratory methods used to identify them and to test their susceptibility to antimicrobial agents in the epidemic setting. The laboratory techniques and study methodology described provide accurate and useful information for the control of epidemics using a minimum of resources.
• Content Notes:
  "Prepared by the National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, in cooperation with the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe."
  
  Prepared by Cheryl A. Bopp, Allen A. Ries, Joy G. Wells.
  
  "WHO/CDS/CSR/EDC/99.8."
  
  Includes bibliographical references.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Cholera/diagnosis Dysentery/microbiology Laboratory Techniques And Procedures
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Pages in Document:
  iv, 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
• Collection(s):
  Guidelines and Recommendations
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6669/cdc_6669_DS1.pdf
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