Contribution of phage typing and ribotyping in investigating a typhoid fever outbreak in Tunisia;Apport de la lysotypie et de la ribotypie dans l'investigation d'une épidémie de fièvre typhoïde en Tunisie

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-174

  Bouallegue O ^a,b   Grimont, F ^c   Ben Salem, Y ^a   Letaief, A ^a   Mzoughi, R ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Institut Pasteur ^*  (Tunisia)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Maghreb; Northern Africa; Outbreak; Phage typing; Ribotyping; Salmonella entertca s rotype typhi; Sousse; Tunisia; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; RIBOTYPING; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPING; TUNISIA; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIBOTYPING; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TUNISIA; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 4444289981     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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