This volume discusses progress made in mapping of the genome vibrio cholerae and the prospects of developing effective and specific vaccines. These articles indicate the directiion of advanced reserach and will be valuable source materials of all those interested in such advances.

Foreword/Preface/Efforts Towards the Development of Oral Cholera Vaccines in India Against the Backdrop of Global Endeavours/New Perspectives in the Epidemiology of Cholera/ Spectrum of Gut Immunologic Reactions to New Vibrio cholera and Its Toxin/Role of Microbial Agents and Micronutrient Deficiency in Aetiopathogenesis of Persistent Diarrhea in Young Children/Evolution of Rotaviruses in India: Natural Reassortant Asymptomatic Neonatal Rotaviruses as Potential Live Vaccine Candidates in Humans/Molecular Mechanisms of Stable Toxin Mediated Diarrhoeas/Macro-and Micro-Diversity in the Genome of Vibrio cholera

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