Open AccessEpidemiological investigation of an outbreak of acute diarrheal disease: A shoe leather epidemiology
Author(s) -
Shashikant Patil,
Durgesh G. Deshmukh,
Jagannath V Dixit,
Ajit Damle
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-777x.91060
Subject(s) - epidemiology , outbreak , water source , medicine , environmental health , waterborne diseases , acute gastroenteritis , veterinary medicine , pediatrics , pathology , water resource management , environmental science
Health care problems faced by migrant construction workers are always neglected. Fifteen patients were admitted with the complaints of loose motion and pain in the abdomen from a labor settlement at a construction site near our city. Three stool samples revealed darting motility.