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. 2016 May;143(5):545-51.
doi: 10.4103/0971-5916.187102.

Why is the oral cholera vaccine not considered an option for prevention of cholera in India? Analysis of possible reasons

Sanjukta Sen Gupta  1 , Kaushik Bharati  1 , Dipika Sur  1 , Ajay Khera  2 , N K Ganguly  1 , G Balakrish Nair  1
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Why is the oral cholera vaccine not considered an option for prevention of cholera in India? Analysis of possible reasons

Sanjukta Sen Gupta et al. Indian J Med Res. 2016 May.
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