A common-source water-borne outbreak of multi-drug-resistant typhoid fever in a rural Thai community

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1513-1517

  Swaddiwudhipong, Witaya ^a   Kanlayanaphotporn, Jirapat ^b  

^a MAE SOT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Disease Outbreak; Natural Water Source; Salmonella Typhi

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; THAILAND; TYPHOID FEVER; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; THAILAND; TYPHOID FEVER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0035523183     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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