Rapid situation response assessment of diarrhoea outbreak in a coastal district following tropical cyclone AILA in India

摘要

Background & objectives:Cyclone AILA hit Indian States on eastern coast on May 25, 2009. An investigation was conducted to examine if AILA was responsible for increased reporting of diarrhoea cases from the district of East-Medinipur in West Bengal. Identifying causative organisms for diarrhoea and assessing their antibiotic susceptibility profile were other objectives.