The germ that has been causing regular outbreaks of cholera in the city is a new mutant of cholera bacterium, and if not check-ed, it will further spread in the environment posing a severe health threat.
A team of researchers from Defence Research and Development Establishment in Gwalior, collected contaminated water samples from the city and conducted bacteriological analysis on them.
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-chronicle-hyderabad
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cholera
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