Salmonella typhimurium in Kolkata: Evidence of intra-familial transmission

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 116-117

  Palit, Anup ^a   Dutta, S ^a   Sur, D ^a   Bhattacharya, M K ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; SAFETY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDIA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 34547175395     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

1. Saha MR, Sircar BK, Dutta P, Pal SC. Occurrence of multi-resistant Salmonella typhimurium infection in a pediatric hospital at Calcutta. Indian Pediatr 1992;29:307-11.
2. Edelman R, Levine MM. Summary of an international workshop on typhoid fever. Rev Infect Dis 1986;8:329-49.
3. Faidysh AI, Koza NM, Luzin PM, Novgorodova SD, Kotel'nikova RP. [Results of an epidemiological study of familial foci of salmonellosis in the Western Urals]. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 1987;(7):25-8.
4. Delarocque-Astagneau E, Bouillant C, Vaillant V, Bouvet P, Grimont PA, Desenclos JC. Risk factors for the occurrence of sporadic Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium infections in children in France: a national case-control study. Clin Infect Dis 2000;31:488-92.
5. Palmer SR, Jephcott AE, Rowland AJ, Sylvester DG. Person-to-person spread of Salmonella typhimurium phage type 10 after a common-source outbreak. Lancet 1981;1:881-4.
6. World Health Organization. Programme for Control of Diarrhoeal Diseases. Manual for laboratory investigations of acute enteric infection. Geneva: Programme for Control of Diarrhocal Diseases, World Health Organization, 1983:17-23. (CDD/83.3).