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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51614#.VHKFHmfHRK0 Author(s) Manoj Kumar * , Vijay Lakshmi Sharma Affiliation(s) Centre for Public Health, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India . ABSTRACT Cholera is one of the oldest and best understood endemic diseases. An actual bacterial enteric disease, it is characterized in its severe form by sudden onset, profuse painless watery stools (rice-water stool), nausea and profuse vomiting early in the course of illness. Endemic and pandemics are strongly linked to the consumption of unsafe water, poor hygiene, poor sanitation and crowded living conditions. A rapid survey was conducted for the outbreak investigation on August ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51402#.VGlTnmfHRK0 Author(s) Pravin K. Jha 1 , Damodar Sahu 2* , K. Srikanth Reddy 2 , Padum Narayan 2 , Arvind Pandey 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Centre for Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India . 2 National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India . ABSTRACT Globally, research indicates that monogamous married women living in slums are at heightened risk of HIV men’s risky sexual behaviour. Hence, to reduce the risk of HIV transmission, there is need to understand the number, nature and variation in transition of sexual partners of men in living in slums. This paper uses India’s National Fam...