Sexual transmission of typhoid fever: A multistate outbreak among men who have sex with men

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 141-144

  Reller, Megan E ^a,b,f   Olsen, Sonja J ^a   Kressel, Amy B ^c   Moon, Troy D ^a   Kubota, Kristy A ^a   Adcock, Malcolm P ^d   Nowicki, Scott F ^e   Mintz, Eric D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Cincinnati Health Department   (United States)

^e OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; KENTUCKY; MALE; OHIO; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0038573527     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375590     Document Type: Article

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