Risk factors for typhoid fever in an endemic setting, Karachi, Pakistan

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-138

  Luby, S P ^a   Faizan, M K ^a   Fisher Hoch, S P ^a   Syed, A ^a   Mintz, E D ^b   Bhutta, Z A ^a   Mccormick, J B ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ICE CREAM; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCHOOL CHILD; TYPHOID FEVER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0031942147     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268897008558     Document Type: Article

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