V. cholerae 01 outbreak in remote villages of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, 1994.

An outbreak of V. cholerae 01 occurred in remote villages of Rohru tehsil, district Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, during June-July 1994. Seven villages were affected. Overall attack rate was 16.4 per cent in surveyed villages. Attack rate in children < 5 was significantly high. Suspected source was spring water contaminated from open air defaecation. V. cholerae was resistant to co-trimoxazole and streptomycin.